Tinubu made the comment on Sunday, April 24, 2016, after being honoured with Silverbird’s Extraordinary Man of the Year Award, The Nation reports.
“A nation cannot achieve progress without planning and I am committed to that plan towards making Nigeria great," he said.
“We must also be committed to that plan to drive success and development and that is what we must do together as a nation. But we, as Nigerians, must persevere, endure and have a pain now in order to have a better tomorrow. Let us turn our challenge of today to prosperity of the future. We can achieve it,” he added.
Other award recipients include former Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, veteran fashion designer, Opral Benson, foremost entrepreneur Oba Otudeko and former Governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa.