ACCEPT TINUBU AS YORUBA LEADER, NURTW BOSS TELLS S’WEST

As the battle for the soul of the South- West rages between the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress, a leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Amoda Bello, yesterday urged people of the zone to accept All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, as their leader.
Bello, who spoke with reporters in Akure, the Ondo State capital, said there was no dispute about the fact that after late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the only person that can fit into the shoe of the lage sage is Tinubu who is also the National leader of APC. Also, he said the future of the Yoruba race is not whether there is implementation of report of the 2014 National Conference but the eradication of corruption that has eaten into the fabric of the country and destroyed the future of Yoruba youths.
While saying Tinubu shares similar leadership traits with Awolowo in developing people who have taken up key roles in their respective fields of endeavour, Bello said no amount of campaign of calumny could destroy whom God has ordained. His words: “No amount of campaign of destruction that can stand the test of time with Ahmed Bola Tinubu. He is a great leader. No Yoruba leader can rival the achievements of Tinubu except Awolowo.
“He has two things that he has done that should make him the natural leader of the Yoruba. He single-handedly floated a political party and the political party is accepted all over the country.” Bello who was deputy chairman of Ondo NURTW, said Tinubu means well for the Yoruba race, adding that whatever political step taken by the former Lagos State governor would benefit the race.
He urged Yorubas to be grateful to Tinubu for not allowing them to become second-hand citizens in their own country. His words: “This is a man that has promoted a lot of people and these people are now leaders of their respective states. They are Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State; former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; Governor Fashola of Lagos State. They are products of Tinubu. “Tinubu is a God-endorsed leader.
He is a leader that can Yoruba be proud off. So they should stop destroying this man, he is a leader of Yoruba race.” On the endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan by the pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Bello said the decision was disappointing to many people in the zone.
Source: Tribune