Tinubu will run unity govt in second term – Akpabio – Daily Trust

Senate President Godswill Akpabio says the composition of the All Progressives Congress b(APC) presidential marketing campaign council exhibits that if President Bola Tinubu wins, his second term will be in type of unity authorities.

Akpabio made the assertion whereas reacting to Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele’s feedback on the inauguration of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, which included some members of opposition events.

Akpabio described the event as historic, saying since Nigeria returned to democratic rule in 1999, a sitting president has by no means constituted a marketing campaign council involving different political events.

“This is not just an inclusive government in terms of infrastructure, revenue allocation, and reforms. It is also an inclusive government in terms of unity of purpose in democracy,” he stated.

Akpabio stated the event demonstrated that Tinubu’s second term could be a unity authorities, simply because the marketing campaign council represented a broad coalition of political events.

“What we are going to witness is evidence that his second term is going to be a unity government, just like his campaign council is a unity campaign council made up of almost all the political parties in the country,” he said.

He added that Nigeria was setting an instance for Africa and congratulated President Tinubu, the APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, and leaders of the collaborating political events.

Akpabio additionally congratulated the governors and political leaders for becoming a member of the marketing campaign council, together with Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike.

He stated their participation confirmed that efficiency was not essentially decided by political celebration affiliation, however by people.

“I can imagine how even a professor and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Soludo, will add his ideas to the next administration so that Nigeria will be better. This is the way Nigeria should be,” he stated.

Earlier, Bamidele, whereas transferring a movement for the Senate to adjourn proceedings till Thursday, described the composition of the APC marketing campaign council as a historic growth involving leaders from totally different events.

“Mr. President, let me also congratulate you and members of the ruling APC, APGA, PDP, and Accord Party in this chamber because, as we leave this chamber, something historic is about to happen,” Bamidele stated.

“At 2 p.m. at present, the Presidential Campaign Council will be inaugurated. The council contains Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, representing APGA, as a state coordinator, and Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, representing the Accord Party, as a state coordinator.

“We even have Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, representing the PDP, who will be inaugurated because the marketing campaign coordinator for the FCT.

“My point, Mr. President, is that, in the best interests of Nigerians, a rainbow coalition is indeed on the move. We will leave this chamber as members of different political parties and proceed to the Presidential Campaign Council. We look forward to a campaign that will celebrate ideas and strengthen our democracy,” he stated.