The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to Governors elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) to join hands with the party leadership and lawmakers on the election of principal officers of the National Assembly.
He appealed on Thursday when he paid host to the Governors under the auspices of the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF), in his residence in Abuja.
Addressing the Governors, the President-elect said: “We thank God Almighty for our electoral victory. It was tough and turbulent.
“The challenge before us is working in unison with the party leadership and the National Assembly over the election of their principal officers. And I charge you to unite in spirit and faith and work in line with the party.”
Promising to carry everyone along, the President-elect told the Governors and former governorship candidates of the party that “whether you return or not, this is our government.
“Once we know what we are doing and communicating as elected leaders and loyal party men, we will conquer the challenge.”
Dismissing speculations about his health, the President-elect said “All speculation has perished and their purveyors brought to shame.”
Among those in attendance were Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima; 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 the APC governorship candidate in Kano State, Alhaji Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna.
The Nation
