Jesutega Onokpasa, a prominent figure in the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged President Bola Tinubu to assemble a capable “Nigerian team” to address the shortcomings of previous administrations and realize his ambitious economic plans for the country.
Onokpasa, a well-known supporter of Tinubu, suggested that the president should replace the Lagos-based team members with a more diverse group of Nigerians to effectively implement his Renewed Hope agenda.
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In a video message, Onokpasa, who is also a member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council for Tinubu, criticized the current team of Lagosians around the president, claiming they have been ineffective and unhelpful to the administration.
He emphasized that bringing in more competent individuals would significantly enhance the president’s ability to achieve his goals for the country.
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Onokpasa, a lawyer and die-hard supporter of Tinubu, said, “Mr President, most of us supported you because we know your antecedent, what you have done in Lagos. But, you see, you cannot come to form a core of a team that is basically a Lagosian team to fix Nigeria, it is mathematically incongruous. It is an incongruity. It is expected that you will mobilise a team of Lagosians to fix Lagos but you will have to mobilise a team of Nigerians to fix Nigeria.
“You see these Lagosians you brought to Abuja to help fix Nigeria, with respect, are not helping you. You will have to dismantle this team, with respect, my president, you will have to dismantle it and rebuild a true genuine Nigerian core.
“Your core team must no longer be a Lagosian team, it must be a Nigerian team. Otherwise, we will just continue like this. Most of them are just interested in making money, they don’t love you and they are not interested in your welfare and success. They are not interested in your political welfare, they are not interested in moving Nigeria forward, these guys have been parasitising you for decades. Let me use our Delta parlance, ‘Dem don parasite you reach.’ Discard them. There are many people across this country.
“I am not talking of myself, I don’t need an appointment, have I not been surviving? I have been spending money on you. Have I come to you to beg you for money before? I will continue supporting you my president, I don’t need you to give me anything. You have to dismantle this your Lagosian core.
“They think Nigeria is Lagos? Sapele is not Lagos, Warri is not Lagos, Benin is not Lagos, Ughelli is not Lagos, Lokoja is not Lagos, even right there in Yoruba land, is Akure Lagos? Is Ado-Eki Lagos, is Osogbo Lagos? You can’t bring a Lagosian team and believe it will be able to fix Nigeria. A Lagosian team will fix Lagos, it’s a Nigerian team that will fix Nigeria,” the lawyer declared.
