All
Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday urged
Nigerians to “keep and nurture democracy, not for the sake of democracy but for
the sake of the country”.
“We must
remember that should we fall asleep, there are those who would like nothing
better than to take it from us,” he said in his message on the occasion of this
year’s Democracy Day and second year of
the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
In a
statement by the former Lagos State Governor’s Media Office issued by his Media
Adviser, Mr. Tunde Rahman, Tinubu said: “Democracy Day and our commemoration of
it must be more than an empty ritual. It must add up to more than another
reason to have another holiday.
“We, as a
people, choose democracy as our preferred form of governance not because it
would be easy to achieve or to hold even once we have it. We choose democracy
because history has taught us that the welfare of the people is best and
perhaps only secured by government responsive and accountable to the people.
This can only be democracy.
“Many
Nigerians have fought and sacrificed to enshrine democracy as our way of
governance. We mark this day in honour of these people many of whom laboured in
obscurity and without proper thanks to achieve this precious thing for the
nation.
“We mark
this day to keep in remembrance that we must not take this good form of
government for granted. We must keep and nurture it, not for democracy’s sake
but for our own sake. We must remember that should we fall asleep, there are
those who would like nothing better than to take it from us. We must remain
vigilant and by doing so ensure a better future and better Nigeria for
ourselves and our progeny.
“Thus, I
congratulate Nigerians on this day. I congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari
and urge him and his administration to continue to do all it can to protect and
improve our democratic way of life.”
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