Nigerian Leaders Need To Rise Above Selfishness-Osinbajo

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has called on Nigeria leaders to rise above selfishness.

Osinbajo who made the call at this year’s Murtala Muhammed memorial lecture, said Nigeria need a new tribe of men and women who’ll put the interest of the nation first, adding that it is what Murtala stood for.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Acting President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande stated this on his twitter handle, Ag. President Osinbajo @ Murtala Muhammed lecture in memory of the late Head of State, “noting need for leaders to rise above selfishness.

“So we need a new tribe of men and women who’ll put the interest of the nation first. It is what Murtala stood for”, @ProfOsinbajo observes

The Murtala Muhammed Foundation is an organization founded on the ideals of late Murtala Muhammed and committed to improving the lives of Nigerians and Africans and has led efforts to develop innovative approaches to dealing with the challenges facing the country.

Murtala who was Nigeria’s 3rd military head of state was assassinated on his way to work in Lagos state during an abortive coup led by Lt-Colonel B.S. Dimka on February 13, 1976.

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo was the Chairman of the Occasion.

In the short time of his reign Muhammed’s policies won him broad popular support, and his decisiveness elevated him to the status of a folk hero.