All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has predicted a better future for Nigeria, saying what the country had overcome in the past had gives confidence and courage that more can be achieved. <\/p>\n\n\n
This is\ncontained in his message to the nation on the occasion of the 59th<\/sup>\nindependence anniversary. The statement was released in Lagos on Tuesday by his\nMedia Office.<\/p>\n\n\n Asiwaju\nTinubu said: \u201cToday<\/a> we celebrate the 59th<\/sup> birthday of our beloved\nnation. We stand today<\/a> with our feet planted firmly in the present but with our\ngaze both on the past and toward our future. Looking back at the last 59 years,\nwe have faced steep challenges yet have marked great progress nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n \u201cWhat we have overcome in the past gives us the confidence and\ncourage to believe that we can achieve even more as we cast our eyes to the\nfuture.<\/p>\n\n\n \u201cThis\nday that we mark is truly a day to celebrate the independence of a nation of\nresilient, strong and industrious people who have decided to join together in\ncommon purpose that each of us may enjoy a democratic prosperous and just\nexistence.<\/p>\n\n\n \u201cAs\nNigerians, let us recommit our energies to building a better Nigeria and rededicate\nourselves to the vision of our nationalists who saw greatness in this\ncountry and worked assiduously to advance it.<\/p>\n\n\n \u201cThe\njourney to our greater destiny has begun and I enjoin you all to support one\nanother and President Buhari\u2019s administration in this journey. I ask you all to\nremain committed to our highest national purpose so that we may continue to\nstrengthen our national institutions and our very country. <\/p>\n\n\n \u201cI\ncongratulate all Nigerians on this 59th<\/sup> independence anniversary and\nurge you all to come along in the march to the Next Level\u201d. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has predicted a better future for Nigeria, saying what the country had overcome in the past had gives confidence and courage that more can be achieved. This is contained in his message to the nation on the occasion of the 59th independence anniversary. The statement was released […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}