Olusegun Ariyo
The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, says she has not heard President Bola Tinubu complain about the challenges he inherited from his predecessor when he assumed office as president.
Mohammed stated this at an award dinner at Nigeria House in New York to celebrate Nigeria’s 65th independence anniversary and the Independence Day Parade and Carnival.
The Nigerian-born UN deputy chief also stated that President Tinubu fought hard to secure that seat, despite claiming it was his turn.
According to her, so far, Tinubu is the president of Nigeria, adding that it was God who put him in the seat.
“But he also told us that he wasn’t going to complain about what he got. I have not heard him complain. People around him complain about what he inherited, but he doesn’t.
“It is, therefore, incumbent upon us to get behind him and do the best we can for Nigeria. Except you’re trying to tell me that God made a mistake,” she said.
She, however, congratulated Nigeria and Nigerians on the 65th independence anniversary, saying that the future is bright for the country.
Mohammed called for concerted efforts to build the country and not pull it down, saying, “if we get into the pull-down syndrome, then who else is going to pull us up?
“What else are we telling our children? What else are we telling people that we want as our partners?
“If we are the first people to say that we’re no good, we’re not good enough, and I hope that we just stop doing that. This is because Nigerians are the hardest working, most ambitious, and proud people.”
