Tinubu dedicates TheSun award to Nigerians

National leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said the collective efforts of Nigerians was responsible for the 2015 electoral victory of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Without their support, Tinubu said the change would have been difficult to achieve.

Tinubu who bagged Sun newspapers Man of the Year Award held in Lagos on Saturday said the people provided the bulwark for the unprecedented political change.

“What was accomplished in 2015 was not a singular effort. It was done through the collective love and labor of millions of Nigerians. A handful of them were well known. Most of them are hardworking anonymous people who together constitute the backbone and great strength of this nation.

“God in His wisdom placed me in the position to recognize the change that was needed and to help effectuate that change. I thank God for giving me this chance and for allowing me to be born a black man and a Nigerian, Tinubu stated.

L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd left), Minister of Labour & Productivity, Sen. Chris Ngige; Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode; Sen. Oluremi Tinubu; Awardee of the Sun Man of the Year, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Publisher, The Sun Newspapers, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu; Deputy Governor of Osun State, Chief (Mrs.) Titilayo Laoye-Tomori and others, during the Sun Award Ceremony, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday

L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd left), Minister of Labour & Productivity, Sen. Chris Ngige; Awardee of the Sun Man of the Year, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Engr. Babachir David Lawal; National Chairman, APC, Chief John Oyegun; Publisher, The Sun Newspapers, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu; former Depoty Governor of Lagos State, Otunba Femi Redro and Deputy Governor of Osun State, Chief (Mrs.) Titilayo Laoye-Tomori, during the Sun Award Ceremony, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday

 

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (middle), with National Chairman, APC, Chief John Oyegun (left)and former Ogun State Governor, Aremo Olusegun Osoba (right), during the Sun Award Ceremony, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (left), with Awardee of the Sun Man of the Year, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, during the Sun Award Ceremony, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday

L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, with Awardee of the Sun Man of the Year, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Wife, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, during the Sun Award Ceremony, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday

L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, with Sen. Oluremi Tinubu and Awardee of the Sun Man of the Year, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, during the Sun Award Ceremony, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday

L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, with Sen. Oluremi Tinubu and Awardee of the Sun Man of the Year, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, during the Sun Award Ceremony, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday

L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, with Sen. Oluremi Tinubu and Awardee of the Sun Man of the Year, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, during the Sun Award Ceremony, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday

L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd left), former Interim National Chairman, APC, Chief Bisi Akande; Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, Awardee of the Sun Man of the Year, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, during the Sun Award Ceremony, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (right), with Founder, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Mr. Fola Adeola (left) and former Interim National Chairman, APC, Chief Bisi Akande (middle), during the Sun Award Ceremony, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday

R -L: Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode; her husband, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, APC Chieftain, Chief Demola Seriki and Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, during the Sun Award Ceremony, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday

L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd left), Ogun State Governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun; Publisher, The Sun Newspapers, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu; Awardee of the Sun Man of the Year, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, during the Sun Award Ceremony, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday

L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (3rd left), Minister of Labour & Productivity, Sen. Chris Ngige; Awardee of the Sun Man of the Year, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Publisher, The Sun Newspapers, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu; Deputy Governor of Osun State, Chief (Mrs.) Titilayo Laoye-Tomori and All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftains, during the Sun Award Ceremony, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday