11th April, 2015
Senator Oluremi Tinubu representing All Progressives Congress, Lagos Central Senatorial District, has expressed optimism that a new Nigeria is possible with the collective efforts of all Nigerians.
Tinubu, who won re-election to the senate, said this in an interview with journalists on Saturday shortly after she cast her vote in the governorship and state house assembly elections at polling unit 034, Ward 9, Bourdillion Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
“A new Nigeria is possible, this is the reality. It is possible and it will take the effort of everybody.
“So, all hands have to be on deck, is not government, we are the government, the people are the government.”
She urged Nigerians to be patient with the incoming administration of retired Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the President-elect.
She said that Buhari’s government would work with the masses, adding that she was looking forward to contribute more to the development of the country in the eighth National Assembly.
The senator-elect, however, decried the hitches recorded in the use of the card readers in some polling units in the state.
“The card reader did not accept me almost immediately. I went like almost four times before it finally did.
“It shouldn’t happen, we traveled overseas, we see the thumb printing, you go to the embassies.
“Why can’t we get machines like that? Are we not shopping from the same place? So, we should shop from the place so that we can move this country forward.
“Gone are the days that we should be using substandard equipment. So, we should go for the real thing.
“I am looking forward to the time that we will have the Nigerian. Airways back. I missed pepper soup on board, so I am still praying.”