Akande confident Tinubu’s reform has ‘long-term’ benefit for Nigeria

The pioneer National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, said on Wednesday that the reforms initiated by President Bola Tinubu’s administration have a long-term benefit for the country.

Akande stated this at the ongoing South-West stakeholders’ dialogue organised by Afenifere, the Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, DAWN Commission and South-West governors.

He said: “In this administration, Nigeria seems to be undergoing a new transformation rooted in courage, bold decisions, discipline and belief in Nigeria’s dream.

“The reforms that are unfolding are deliberate steps to move the country to a desired state, though it is tough at the beginning, but they will have long-term benefits.

“This dialogue is a renewed commitment to the Yoruba communal existence of reasoning together before acting.

“It is a reminder that democracy thrives when leaders and citizens talk together in charting the way forward.”

Akande, a former governor of Osun, described the development commissions approved by Tinubu as a quiet restructuring of the polity.

He said the division of the country into many states by the military had done more harm than good.

The APC chieftain stressed that the military intervention in governance introduced a unified and hierarchical system into governance in the country.

He, therefore, called for a purposeful restructuring with the restitution of genuine federalism.

The ex-governor pointed out that restructuring must ensure equality of opportunity for all citizens, with maximum opportunity for personal, community, regional and national development.

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According to him, a more profound restructuring is already happening through regional empowerment and institutional decentralisation being championed by the President.

“In a stroke of visionary leadership, in addition to the South-South Development Commission, the present administration has established and inaugurated five regional development commissions.

“They are: the North-West, North-Central, North-East, South-East, and now our own South-West Development Commission (SWDC).

“Each of these commissions represents not just geographical entities, but economic development engines or grassroots-focused commissions – recognition that true development must begin from the grassroots, with each region in charge of its own destiny.

“For us in the South-West, this is both an opportunity and a responsibility — to once again lead by example.

“We must demonstrate how local collaboration, innovative thinking, and strategic implementation can drive sustainable development – especially now in these times of diversification under the Renewed Hope Agenda,” Akande stated.

Akande noted that one of the cornerstones of the

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