The Director General DG of The Progressive Institute, TPI Lanre Adebayo PhD and his last Friday visitor, Mr. Abdulazees Adediran, former Lagos State governorship candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), both say younger Nigerians have hope with the leadership quality of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The duo affirm Tinubu’s commitment to passing the leadership baton of Nigeria to the next generation. “I’m in APC to support President Tinubu achieve this. Adebayo, a Leadership and Governance experts and the Lagos Politician both agreed with the press.
Famously known as “Jandor,” the famous Abuja based business man and his host in TPI made the commendation during a Adediran’s visit to the party’s training and think-tank institution, The Progressive Institute (TPI) in Abuja on Friday.
Accompanied to TPI with his business partner, Malam Ahmed Buhari, Adu Oyinlade and Media Adviser, Pastor Gbenga Ogunleye, Adediran, who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), noted that his meeting with Mr. President gives him more hope about Nigeria.
“Reflecting on my meeting with President Tinubu prior to my defection, where the President explicitly expressed his readiness to ensure a smooth transition of leadership to the next generation”. I’m proud to be part of this transitional moment”, he said.
Adediran urged the APC leadership and its members to support the President’s vision, highlighting that Tinubu’s leadership recruitment strategy is crucial for the successful generational transition.
“There is nothing all of us that are coming behind him have to do now than to see how we can support him, to ensure a very smooth transition of him passing the baton to the next generation.”
Expressing delight in returning to the governing party, Adediran said APC remains the only stable party in the country.
According to him,”Our decision to come back to the family is really not far-fetched, because if you look at all the political parties in Nigeria today, the only one with a semblance of stability, is the APC.”
He commended the initiative of the Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje-led National Working Committee (NWC) for establishing the Progressive Institute. Describing it as a “citadel for leadership recruitment,”
Jandor noted that the establishment of the institute is speaking to the passing on of the baton and leadership recruitment.
He argued that the major problem we have in Nigeria today is not the structure of our economy, it’s a leadership problem.
If we see somebody getting it right, it’s the President today. You just don’t want to be a President. You want to see how we can have structure that will speak to recruiting leadership.”
Earlier the Director-General of the institute, Dr. Adebayo disclosed of plans by the institute to evolve a political ideology for the ruling party and to assist the party in leadership recruitment.
He also said the institute is also to undertake research on public policies, on political party management, and of course on governance.
Adebayo, who describes his visitor as a brilliant brand, hailed his decision to join the ruling party, noting that APC means well for Nigeria.
