The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, vowed that he would fulfil all the campaign promises he made when he assumes office as President from May 29.
Tinubu, whose campaign manifesto was tagged ‘Renewed Hope’, made the promise in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, while inaugurating the Magistrates’ Court Complex built by Governor Nyesom Wike’s administration and named after a former Chief Judge of the state, Justice Iche Ndu (retd.).
“The reform is on the way; I am here with the hope that you will collaborate with me; I promise you my commitment to fulfil all political promises I made,” the President-elect declared.
He added that, “I promise Nigerians the unity of this country is not negotiable. That is what Nyesom Wike and I are promoting jointly. I promise I will be fair to all.
“We will fight poverty; and we must fight it rigorously. Poverty of thinking, poverty, poverty of standard; poverty of reasoning.”
Tinubu commended Wike for building the courthouse, which he described as gorgeous, remarking that there was no better way to fight corruption in the judiciary than taking care of judges and making sure they are comfortable.
Tinubu stated, “I take a different angle to what Wike has done here today. It is fighting corruption, and you have been contributing very well to this.
“You don’t expect your judges to live in squalor, to operate in squalor, to dispense justice in squalor. This is part of the changes that are necessary in our policy think tank.
“We must fight corruption and we definitely must look at the other side of the coin. If you don’t want your judges to be corrupt, you got to pay attention to their welfare. If you want fair dispensation of justice, you don’t want them to operate in hazardous conditions. Let’s think value for value. If I don’t have consumer credit and you want me to pay for the car I needed at once, N5m, N6m, driving temptation to corruption.
The Punch Newspaper