By Musa Bakare.
In every generation, a nation is blessed with a leader whose courage redefines the course of its destiny. For Nigeria, that man in this defining era is Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Those who look at President Tinubu’s administration through the narrow lens of temporary discomfort fail to see the monumental restructuring underway.
What he began in May 2023 is not politics, it is a national rebirth. And if Nigeria must consolidate this transformation, then the project must logically and constitutionally run its full course, till 2031.
For decades, Nigeria was trapped in a cycle of deceit, governments knew the truth but lacked the courage to confront it. Fuel subsidies drained trillions, multiple exchange rates enriched a privileged few, and corruption masqueraded as economic management.
Then came Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, bold, pragmatic, unafraid. On his first day in office, he dismantled the fraudulent subsidy regime and collapsed the rent seeking exchange rate racket. These were not cosmetic changes; they were open heart surgery on a comatose economy.
Where others postponed reality, Asiwaju Tinubu confronted it. Where others feared backlash, he chose truth. That is the difference between a politician and a statesman.
The Renewed Hope Agenda is not a slogan it is a structural blueprint for sustainable national renewal. The reforms are visible in multiple sectors, Infrastructure expansion, Roads, rails, ports, and power projects are being executed with seriousness unseen in years. The Lagos – Calabar Coastal Highway, East-West transport corridors, and nationwide reconstruction of federal roads are testimony to deliberate nation building.
Economic stabilization, the unification of exchange rates, fiscal discipline, and renewed drive for local manufacturing are returning confidence to the investment climate.
Agriculture and food security, through renewed credit lines and mechanization programs, Nigeria is gradually moving from consumption to production.
Each of these reforms is a building block toward a new Nigeria. But no foundation matures in four years; deep structural change requires continuity. That is why 2031 must mark the completion of Tinubu’s transformative eight year journey.
Leadership is not about temporary applause. It is about the courage to endure unpopularity today so that the nation may rejoice tomorrow. Tinubu’s reforms have demanded sacrifice, but every credible economist, local and international agrees they were inevitable.
Across Nigeria, citizens are beginning to see the green shoots of recovery,
the naira stabilizing, capital markets reviving, industries reopening, and investors returning. These are not coincidences; they are the harvests of tough but right decisions.
No nation can leapfrog into greatness by dwelling in the comfort of short term populism. President Tinubu’s method is not populist, it is patriotic, strategic, and historically consequential.
Great nations are not built on policy reversals. They are built on consistency of vision and continuity of leadership. From Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew to Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, transformational reformers were given time to finish the work they began.
Nigeria now stands on that same threshold. Between 2023 and 2027, President Tinubu is stabilizing the foundation. Between 2027 and 2031, he must consolidate and institutionalize those gains.
To interrupt this momentum with political gambling would be to push the nation back to uncertainty and waste. The people of Nigeria must therefore see beyond the noise of opposition and the daily dramas of politics. The real battle is between continuity and regression.
Every nation that ever rose to greatness had a moment of painful transition when old habits died, and new systems were born. That is the phase Nigeria is passing through today under the leadership of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Let us therefore not lose faith. Let us not be swayed by cynicism. Let us understand that President Tinubu till 2031 is not a slogan of blind loyalty, but a statement of patriotic necessity, the belief that the reforms Nigeria needs must be given the full time to mature.
History will remember this era not as one of hardship, but as the turning point, the period when a courageous leader chose the hard road so that generations after him may walk the easier one.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s first term is the foundation of Nigeria’s economic reconstruction; his second will be the superstructure. To stop midway is to waste the courage it took to begin.
As citizens, our responsibility is clear to stand with truth, defend progress, and ensure that the journey of reform reaches its destined destination. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu till 2031 for continuity, for stability, for the rebirth of a great nation.
– Musa Asiru Bakare, member APC and political analyst, writes from Lokoja, Kogi state.
