Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, has saluted the ‘courage, passion and foresight’ of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
In a video tribute to commemorate Tinubu’s 64th birthday, Fashola said the former Lagos state governor made the impossible possible by making certain that several parties merged to form the APC, against all odds.
“It was dangerous for Nigeria to keep that administration for another term and the evidence of that was before us. The country was falling apart.”
“You must salute the courage, the passion, the foresight of Asiwaju to reach across and say ‘let us forge a partnership to save Nigerians, to save ourselves’.”
“On whether or not there could be a merger, everyone said it wasn’t going to happen, it had never happened in the history of Nigeria and as far as that was concerned, it (the merger) was a victory that the impossible had become not only probable but possible and that was due to Asiwaju’s self conviction and, as I said, his ability to mobilise people and materials behind an idea.”
