September 21, 2023 NewsOrient

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has told Nigerians that they have no reason to be poor.

He argued that Nigeria is blessed so much that Nigerians do not have any reason to be poor.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu made this statement at the Presidential Townhall Meeting in New York while addressing Nigerians in the diaspora on Wednesday.

He advised Nigerians “to rise above failure by having a change of mindset for success in all their endeavours in life.”

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Townhall Meeting was organised by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission on the sidelines of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.

He said: “Sincerely, we don’t have any reason to be poor, we are just poor in some leadership areas.

“That is what I harped on during my campaign. It was a very gruesome campaign but I won the election but if I didn’t throw myself into it with strong determination and result, I wouldn’t have won.

“There were so many hurdles on my way that would have stopped me. I refused to be stopped, you can do the same as many of you here that are contesting elections”, the President said.

NAN reports that the Town Hall Meeting was attended by the Minister of Foreign of Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar; Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola and the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Amb.Tijjani Muhammad-Bande.

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