My Leadership style makes me different from Atiku and Peter Obi -Tinubu

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC’s presidential candidate, and Senator Kashim Shettima, his running mate, took aim at the PDP’s Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party’s Peter Obi on Tuesday, claiming that both lacked the qualifications and experience necessary to serve as president.

They conversed as he presented his action plan to the organized private sector and business community in Lagos on Tuesday. The former governor of Lagos, who spoke at the meeting, predicted that his administration would achieve a double-digit gross domestic product if elected president in 2023.

The presidential candidate claimed in a statement seen by The Punch released by the Tinubu Media Office and signed by Tunde Rahman that it was feasible to accomplish the feat because he had enjoyed comparable economic success while serving as governor of Lagos State.

He called for the support of the Lagos business community, stating that such was needed for a viable economy.

He said, “Nigeria stands at the threshold between indifference and greatness, prosperity and poverty, the future and the past. The door is ajar. Together, let us open it so that we may cross over to the better side and secure for this beloved nation its finer destiny.

“The productive and beneficial things we seek do not lie in the sole domain of one sector. They reside in the cooperation between the government and the private sector. I see no conflict between the business community and the government. Yet, with equal conviction, I believe the private sector and government should constantly be at war.

“But they wage this battle, not as enemies. They must stand as inseparable allies combating the mutual enemies of scarcity, underdevelopment, joblessness, and the fear these bad things breed.

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“The pragmatic problem solving and teamwork that improved Lagos, I want to bring to this nation. I ask your help as the task ahead is doable but also difficult.”

Additionally, Tinubu and Shettima attacked the presidential candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, claiming that both lacked the qualifications and experience necessary to lead the nation.

He said, “Democracy doesn’t mean that everything is going to be perfect but on the higher percentage, perfection is achieved at the right at which we work for the highest population of the country or the environment, local governments would continue to see what constitutionally can be done to strengthen the local governments.

“Then we will look at the qualifications and achievements of an individual during the processes, but don’t forget, we are in a multi-party democracy so we will have those mistakes once the wrong party gets in and you have one of the candidates who wants to be a president who is fond of saying ‘when you do the right thing.’ How to solve his problem is by when we do the right. What is the right thing? They fool you with foolish statistics and lies. Don’t get me into the mood of the campaign.

In his remarks, Shettima said, “This man seated here is one of the most demonized Nigerians but take it from me, the true hallmark of leadership is not the ability to carry a bag of cement. We are not preparing for the Olympics, but an institution that relies on a field of ideas and tracks records and shows me, I dare to challenge you, show me among the people vying for the presidency of this country who has the experience, track record and of course, who has the intellect to catapult this nation to a higher pedestal.