Monday, October 6, 2025 - The United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, has said she has not heard President Bola Ahmed Tinubu complain about the challenges he inherited from his predecessor since he assumed office as President.
Mohammed said this at an award dinner at Nigeria House in
New York to celebrate Nigeria’s 65th independence anniversary and the
Independence Day Parade and Carnival.
The UN deputy chief said President Tinubu “fought hard to
get to that seat”, even though he said “it was his turn”.
She added: “But he also told us that he wasn’t going to
complain about what he got. I have not heard him complain.
“People around him complain about what he inherited, but he
doesn’t.”
Mohammed stressed that Tinubu “is the President of Nigeria.
It is God that put him on that seat. It is, therefore, incumbent upon us to get
behind him and do the best we can for Nigeria, except you’re trying to tell me
that God made a mistake”.
The UN deputy secretary-general congratulated Nigeria and
Nigerians on the nation’s attainment of its 65th independence anniversary.
She expressed the confidence that the future is bright for
the country.
“We are a work in progress, and we are 65 years old as a
country.
“However, unless you are part of building a nation, no one
else is going to do it for you.
“It doesn’t matter whether you are in the country or outside
the country,” Mohammed said.
She called for concerted efforts to build the country and
not pull it down, saying: “If we get into the pull-down syndrome, then who else
is going to pull us up?
“What else are we telling our children? What else are we
telling people that we want as our partners?
“If we are the first people to say that we’re no good, we’re
not good enough, and I hope that we just stop doing that.
“This is because Nigerians are the hardest working, most
ambitious, and proud people.”
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