Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, says President Bola Tinubu is an “epitome of wealth” and has no interest in looting Nigeria’s resources.
Olawande was quoted to have said this by the Voice of Nigeria at the Joint Union Negotiating Council’s week of the Federal Ministry of Youth Development branch in Abuja.
The theme of the JUNC’s week was, “The working people in a volatile, uncertain and complex economy.”
The Minister appealed to Nigerians to exercise patience with the Tinubu administration, noting that in no distant time there will be positive changes.
Olawande said, “I urge you to be patient with this administration. In no distant time, the country will take a good shape and the lives of its citizens will be transformed.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not a pauper, he is an acknowledged epitome of wealth, and so it cannot be said of him that he desires to loot the treasury of Nigeria. He has seen money and as a result of this, he is not interested in looting the nation’s treasury.
“Leadership is all about being committed to serve. If you are a Minister now, tomorrow you will be addressed as a former Minister, likewise a Director because there is no permanent position but the impact that you made while in that office will speak after you.”
Tinubu, who is a two-term governor of Lagos State and Senator in the short-lived third Republic, has business interests spanning tourism, real estate, media, among others.
First Lady Oluremi Tinubu had said during an inter-denominational church service to usher in her husband’s administration that her family did not need Nigeria’s wealth to survive.
Oluremi, a three-term Senator had said at the event held at the National Christian Centre, Abuja, on the eve of her husband’s swearing-in, that ““Nigeria’s wealth is the commonwealth of all. It belongs to everyone. God has blessed my family. We don’t need the wealth of Nigeria to survive but to do the right thing. And I promise you on this altar, that with your help, with the help of God, we will set this nation on the right path.”