As Nigeria marks 26 years of unbroken democratic governance, the member representing Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency of Kwara State, Hon. Muktar Tolani Shagaya has to commended the policies of President Bola Amhed Tinubu.
The lawmaker spoke to journalists on the sideline of 2025 Democracy Day celebration at the National Assembly on Thursday.
According to him, “Tinubu has proved himself to be a democrat and a defender of our hard earned fredoom by choosing to address the joint session of the legislature to give his scorecard.
The lawmaker dismissed fears in some quarters that Nigeria may be sliding into a single party state, insisting that politicians defecting into the All Progressives Congress (APC) were doing son on their own volition and mostly attracted by the progressive policies of President Bola Tinubu.
Defending the President, the lawmaker said, “the president did not lay down the rules of democracy , nor did he laid down the rules of political parties people should be affiliated with, I think a Lot of people have made those decisions voluntarily and they have joined this progressive team.”
He said that a lot of progress has been made in the areas of social and economic development insisting that, some of the policies being implemented by the administration are not meant to impoverish the masses but at the appropriate time, the investment will yield the anticipated result for the benefit of all.