President Bola Tinubu on Friday warned his ministers not to put their personal ambitions on governance but to focus on his administration’s effort to pull Nigeria out of poverty.
The president gave the admonition at the close of the three-day retreat for ministers, permanent secretaries, presidential aides, and other top government officials at the presidential villa in Abuja on Friday.
Tinubu said, “You must put outside personal ambition and focus on the progress of our nation. It is through this that we can be truly proud.
“I am proud standing before you. I’m very very proud of everyone of you. And I am proud of myself too. I went for election and won with your support, they took me to court and I won.”
“You might be ready to forget about the rest of the world but as a Nigerian, let’s go out there, let’s bond together and make sure our country is fully recovered from elephantiasis.“
He stressed the need for the officials to bond together and work as a team to achieve the goals of the administration.
“We are about to close this three day cabinet retreat. Are we proud that we are Nigerian? Are we sure that we’ve done this? We have a responsibility to our country to make sure we change completely the narrative about Nigeria. If we have problems, let’s talk to one another, let’s have conversations, gentle conversations about our country.”
Tinubu also noted that his administration has tinkered with its focus areas, which include reforming the economy to deliver sustained, inclusive growth, strengthening national security for peace and prosperity, boosting agriculture to achieve food security, unlocking energy and natural resources for sustainable development.
He also noted that his government is vested with the responsibilities of enhancing infrastructure and transportation as enablers of growth, focusing on education, health and social investment as essential pillars of development, and accelerating diversification through industrialization, digitization and creative industry, manufacturing and innovative technology.
