In an emotional context, President Muhammadu Buhari has identifies seven qualities of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
This he did a day before power exchanges hand between them, as Tinubu will be sworn in on May 29.
In his farewell speech to Nigeria, Buhari said Tinubu remained the best for the country, listing his virtues to include passion for excellence, reliance on competence, fairness in relationships and commitment to equity.
Buhari said, “To my brother, friend and fellow worker in the political terrain for the past ten years – Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu -, I congratulate you on the realisation of your dream, which was propelled by a burning passion to put Nigeria amongst the leading nations of the world.
” You have indeed worked for this day and God has crowned your efforts. I have no doubt that your passion for excellence, reliance on competence, fairness in relationships, commitment to equity, loyalty to the country and desire for Nigeria to be globally relevant would come through for you, under God’s guidance, as you lead our country to levels higher that I am leaving.
“You are the best candidate among all the contestants and Nigerians have chosen well.”
