Anambra State youths on Thursday sang praises of President Bola Tinubu during his visit to the state to commission projects executed by the administration of the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.
While Tinubu was about to conclude his speech, some young people began chanting in Pidgin English that he was their father, alluding to the president as the nation’s father.
“Na our papa be dis o, we no get another papa,” they sang.
Continuing from where he left off, President Tinubu thanked them, saying, “Thank you, God bless you.”
The president commissioned several projects, including the Emeka Anyaoku Centre at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, the new Government House, Solution Fun City, and the 8-lane Aroma-Government House Boulevard in Awka.
Tinubu spoke to Soludo as a “friend” and a “visionary leader.”
“Soludo is here providing a solution, and that solution is in infrastructure and in carrying people along in the area of development. Serving people and building institutions. This is all about democracy; it is about prosperity. It is environmentally responsive governance,” he said.
“Well done, Mr Governor, for reflecting the quality of governance for the people of Anambra.
“Anambra is achieving great heights. Building our tomorrow, today. A leader like Governor Chukwuma Soludo placing Aon the path of 21st-century development.
“You are a good thinker; you are a solution provider. We can go places together. Building Nigeria. Building the future. Using technology to build and reflect good governance on the people. Promote investment. We must encourage good governance.”