By Janet Bassey (Governance Reporter)
A new book on Nigeria's President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, indeed, the first book about him, has finally hit book stores across the country and through the Amazon books.
The book, titled ‘Tinubu: The Audacity To Hope’ authored by a seasoned journalist and President/CEO of World Stage Limited, Segun Adeleye, will soon be publicly presented.
The forward by Adeleye's new outing was written by prominent elder statesman politician and leader of Afenifere, a pan-yoruba socio-cultural group, Chief (Dr.) Reuben F. Fasoranti.
According to the author, the book envisaged the great challenges Tinubu would face along with the accompanying hardship and practical solutions. He said the book is dedicated to "all Nigerians that have refused to lose hope in their country despite the several disappointments of the past”.
Adeleye also hinted that the book started as a series of opinions in the media shortly after the 2023 general elections with the expectation that President Bola Tinubu and his advisers would get to read them and take note of the observations and suggestions made.
Afenifere leader, Chief Fasoranti, in his foreword wrote thus: “I'm pleased to foreword this book by Segun Adeleye titled: Tinubu - the Audacity to Hope". I would like, as in this very important book, to also offer some pertinent suggestions that I believe could help in tackling the various socio-economic issues that our country faces.”
Fasoranti wrote that the book reminded him that what made Chief Obafemi Awolowo to stand out as one of the best administrators that Africa ever had were his zeal for knowledge as he always took time to articulate his programmes and assembled the best team available to deliver them. He (Awo's) has the dedication to finding information, particularly on how Nigeria can be best developed and how to improve the quality of lives of his countrymen and how to make himself a better and more informed servant of his people.
“The late Sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo said 'while other men slept, he kept working into the deep hours of the night, delving deeper and deeper into knowledge about how to make Nigeria a great country'. It is noteworthy and commendable that this manuscript is ready few weeks after the election which could only imply that the author who had also written other books is persistently abreast of the development in his country with strong convictions about how things can be improved,” Chief Fasonranti wrote.
“It's public knowledge that I personally blessed and anointed Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on October 30, 2022 in the presence of notable people from all parts of Yorubaland right in my place in Akure. As a leader, I can only bless, it's God that disposes. The focus from here must be the future.
“This book has connected the aborted hopes of the past to the current renewed hope by defining the ingredients to include challenging time, patience and experience. With the attributes of good leaders including compassion and tolerance, I trust the President will deliver on all his promises as advised in this book.
“This is a book all Nigerians should read as the pointsraised in it are critical for our contemporary challenges, the future and the country we bequeath to our children.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Segun Adeleye despite his science background, is an accomplished Nigerian business journalist who had worked in some national newspapers including The Comet, The Nation, Nigerian Compass and rose to the level of Business Editor before venturing out in 2011 to start running his own company, World Stage Limited which has interest in media, publishing, business development among others.
He is a trained movie producer and has a music production brand, OELA that specializes in conscience music to inspire humanity, particularly young Africans on positive virtue and truth. He also has a foundation, SEGFLIA (Segun Adeleye Foundation for Good Leadership in Africa) to champion the course of good leadership in Africa.
He is widely travelled and is the author of other books which include Critics of the prodigals (1994), Custodians (2006) and So Long Too Long Nigeria (2016).
He is married and blessed with children. NNL.
