Nigerians in the United Kingdom have assessed the state of the nation and concluded that Nigerians should keep faith with the country under President Bola Tinubu.
According to them, Nigeria is a great country with potential for prosperity, and all that is required for the potential to blossom is to tackle incompetent and corrupt leadership.
According to the President of Inspire Nigeria, Evong Evong, who spoke at an event in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, on a series themed: ‘Perspectives on Rebuilding Nigeria’, urged Nigerians to put the acrimony of the last presidential election behind them and support the government of President Tinubu for the greater good of the country.
He said: “The election was very divisive and that is because of how frustrated Nigerians are with the state of affairs and how eagerly they want to see Nigeria fixed. As it were, we all have different ideas on how this can be attained.”
Evong, who is a cyber security specialist, said the youth will miss out on key developments, including the AI revolution, if leaders cannot see beyond politics and personal gains.
The event saw Nigerians from different professional walks of life gather to review Nigeria’s past, present and the future, aimed at proffering solutions to the many problems that have made Nigeria the shadow of her glorious past.
Among those in attendance were His Imperial Majesty, Oba Francis Olusola Alao, the Olugbon of Orile Igbon; Dr Ifeyinwa Kanu; Prof. Babs Oyeneyin and Prof Stephen Ogunlana, among other distinguished Nigerians.
In his speech, Oba Alao called on Nigerians in Diaspora to support the government of Tinubu as his election could only be a divine appointment from God given all the obstacles he faced.
Dr Ifeyinwa Kanu, a sustainability expert and Founder/CEO of IntelliDigest Ltd, said Nigeria was behind in all millennium development goals and called on governments at all levels to do better.
An Integrated Energy Consultant and retired Professor of Engineering, Prof Babs Oyeneyin, gave a historical perspective of Nigeria from a robust political system when there were regions, through to the civil war and state creations over the years. Drawing from examples backed with photos, historical information and data, he concluded that Nigeria did have its glory days in the past but have no reason to leave them there.
According to him, opportunities abound in Nigeria and citizens abroad should seize them, especially as groups of individuals rather than stand-alone individuals.
On his own part, Prof. Stephen Ogunlana of Heriot Watt University, lamented the situation in Nigeria leading to the Japa syndrome. He called on the government to use the savings from the subsidy withdrawal for infrastructure development.
The Guardian
