The reason behind the establishment of Amotekun — Tinubu
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has called for an evaluation of the country’s revenue formula, saying Amotekun security outfit in the S/West would translate into a pet if everyone is engaged.
The former Lagos state governor was speaking in Akure while inaugurating the Ondo Revenue House built by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State. He viewed the present revenue formula in the country as cumbersome.
Tinubu also lauded the efforts of Governor Akeredolu at improving the Internally Generated Revenue profile of the state. He noted that the potential of each state in the South-West must be harnessed in order to solve many other problems.
He said: “You can equally use the synergy with the Odua investment to collaborate, not only on Amotekun Corps. Amotekun is a creation of necessity to curtail activities of hoodlums caused by unemployment, frustration and hunger.
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“If everybody is engaged, Amotekun will be a pet. If you work with Odua Investment, look at the area of collaboration. I know Ondo has great potential for gas, energy and tourism to feed this country.
“If the fiscal element of our Nigerian economy is strictly well supervised, we can turn our population into prosperity, instead of our liability.”
He described Ondo as a great potential for energy, economy and agriculture, noting that when these potentials were fully utilized, youths would be engaged, and social unrest in the region would be a distant memory.
