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The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has claimed that Nigerians fleeing abroad “are suffering.”

“Japa” is a Yoruba word meaning “to run, flee, or escape.” It has now become a trend sweeping the nation, and though it is officially called emigration, every Nigerian refers to it as the Japa syndrome.

Tinubu said Nigerians who ran overseas for greener pastures ended up facing hardships, noting that “we have been there,” apparently referring to his years of sojourn abroad before returning to Nigeria.

He stated these while speaking at the APC campaign rally in Enugu on Wednesday.

The former Lagos governor said, “Those running overseas are suffering. We have been there. Anybody who tells you that you cannot do something, pray you can do it.”

According to Tinubu, Nigeria is blessed that its citizens should not seek greener pastures abroad.

Tinubu said there was no country like Nigeria in Africa, adding that he should be supported to renew and rebuild the country.
The APC presidential candidate said Lagos as a state is better than many countries in the Western world.

He stressed that if the Igbos collaborated with his expected government, he would make the geopolitical zone a manufacturing hub.

Speaking particularly about Enugu, Tinubu said he would make Enugu become an industrial hub greater than what it is today.

Tinubu described his campaign organization as a moving train prepared to win the election, saying that any attempt to stand before the moving train would end in a fiasco.

“You cannot block the way to success. Only the ignorant will stand in the way of victory,” Tinubu explained.

He added, “We are not looking for 25 percent votes. We are working assiduously until Bola Ahmed Tinubu becomes the president of Nigeria.”

Yahaya Bello, the governor of Kogi State, announced on Friday that he and other APC members would enthusiastically accompany Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate, to the Presidential Villa in Abuja on May 29.

The presidential candidate of the APC was referred to as the president-in-waiting by Governor Bello.

Following a private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja, the chief executive of Kogi State made this statement while taking questions from the press.

When asked what his chances were of winning the February 25 presidential election, he responded, “Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu has 21 governors, all of whom are members of the APC. Throughout Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has had an impact on people’s lives. He is an entertainer. He is a builder.

“He built human beings, he build nations. And he has started telling us exactly what is going to do. And his administration, by the special grace of God, is going to be more run by the younger generation.

“And you know, surely that the younger generation constitute the quantum number of voters in this coming election.

“We’re more enlightnened. We know that Bola Ahmed Tinubu knows the road. And we are ready to follow that person who knows the road, which is Bola Ahmed Tinubu .

“Thank God that is a candidate of President Muhammadu Buhari. And that is why you can see that President Muhammadu Buhari is already campaigning for him, that he will continue where he will stop. To continue to add to the value of what he has put on ground.

“So the issue of any other person campaigning against him, I mean, you’re only making him to be more popular. He’s already a good product that have sold himself. He has distinguished himself and we’re all 100% ready to vote Bola Ahmed Tinubu, come 25th of February 2023. And we will joyfully escort him to the villa on May 29 2023 by the special grace of God, Jagaban is just a president in waiting by the special grace of God. Thank you very much.”

Asked what were the secrets behind the legacy projects inaugurated by the President, the governor said, “Yes, definitely. You know, when Mr. President assumed office, immediately he assumed office, he quickly hit the ground running in terms of infrastructure, in terms of fighting insecurity, in terms of delivering good governance to the people, by the special grace of God, when I came on board, I have no any other thing to do than to emulate him. And to make sure that infrastructure is provided for the people.

“Once there is infrastructure, businesses will run. People will mind their business without necessarily waiting for government. And that is the only thing we can do for the people. And that is why we are elected into this office. And that is what I will continue to do. Till the last day I leave office.”