Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the ex-governor of Lagos State, has called on Nigerians to embark on a common sense revolution.

The ex-governor, in a statement captioned: ‘A Return to Decency’, which was issued on Monday in Lagos, said the several years of misrule by successive Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidents had continued to sink the country into further crisis.

Tinubu, who is a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, tagged the 16 years of PDP rule in the country as a period of steady decline into disaster

The APC leader hinted that the longer the PDP continue to stay in power, the less benefit Nigerians would get. He stated that the country needs a ‘common sense revolution,’ which he explained as a revolution that calls forth a return to decency, probity, transparency of process and fairness in outcome.

According to him, such revolution could only been accomplished by honouring the principles of democratic good governance and economic justice, and not by deception, divide and rule that would turn Nigeria into a field of discord or a street of broken institutions. He said the revolution would be executed by making the people understand they are better off as one instead of tearing at one another’s throats.

“Nigerians should be prepared for change. We must rescue Nigeria from those set to cause it irreparable harm. The change I talk about is the only route to our deliverance from 16 years of the PDP locusts. Nigeria is ours to keep and its democracy is ours to save,” he said.

The former governor also called on Nigerians to use this year’s Independence Day to reflect on the state of the nation because other countries that had their Independence almost the same with Nigeria have far outshined us. He said the Nigeria of today is like a nightmare to its founding fathers.

Tinubu, who further blasted the PDP-led government, accused them of using religion to cause disunity among the people.

“We commemorate this Independence Day because the nation has survived despite its many challenges. We dare not celebrate because the nation has not flourished as it should. Fifty four years our national trek began with hope and promise, peace and unity.

“Today, the nation staggers beneath the weight of trouble multiplied by hardship. Peace and unity seem to have yielded the moment to violence and discord. We exist as a political unit on a map but we do not prosper as brothers and sisters in one nation, under one flag and pursuant to one accord,” Tinubu said.