Politics
“The Challenge Before Us” – Tinubu Tells APC Governors What Is Next
at his residence
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu met with Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) earlier today.
The meeting was the result of a courtesy visit paid to the President-Elect at his residence by the governors in Abuja.
“The challenge before us is working in unison with the party leadership and the National Assembly over the election of their principal officers.” the President-Elect pointed to the governors during the visit and charged them “to unite in spirit and faith and work in line with the party,”
“whether you return or not, this is our government,” Tinubu told the visitors that included former governorship candidates of the party.
“Once we know what we are doing and communicating as elected leaders and loyal party men, we will conquer the challenge.” he further added according to a statement from the Office of the President-Elect signed by Tunde Rahman.
According to information available to SocietyNow.Ng, the Chairman of the Progressive Governors who is also the governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, led his colleagues to Tinubu’s residence.
Among those in attendance were Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima and Governors Simon Lalong (Plateau), Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna), Aminu Bello Masari (Katsina), Hope Uzodinnma (Imo), Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa), Babajide Sanwo-olu (Lagos), Ben Ayade (CrossRivers), Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq (Kwara), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) and Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti).
There were also the Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, Kelechi Igwe and APC governorship candidate in Kano State, Alhaji Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna.
“On the task with respect to the election of presiding officers of the National Assembly, he pledged that the governor would continue to discuss and work with the party and the lawmakers to arrive at the best decision in the interest of the country” according to the statement.
Tinubu who described himself as “the first Muslim minority from the South-West got the blessing of Allah to be elected president” declared that that regarding talks of ill- health surrounding him, “all speculation has been perished and their purveyors brought to shame.”
