Muslim-Muslim ticket: Ignore religion, vote competence, Akeredolu tells Nigerians

Rotimi Akeredolu

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has called on Nigerians to vote for competence in the 2023 presidential election, saying the faith of the Vice President doesn’t affect performance in any government.

Governor Akeredolu, who expressed confidence that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will rescue the country, noted that the presidency work stops on the President’s table.

He stated that the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the APC for the 2023 general election has “nothing to do with performance”.

The governor made this known while speaking at the swearing-in of two new commissioners, held at the Governor’s Office in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Wednesday.

Tinubu, a Muslim, on Sunday, picked a former governor of Borno State, Sen. Kashim Shettima, who is also a Muslim, as the APC’s vice-presidential candidate.

The nomination has since been eliciting reactions from Nigerians.

“Muslim-Muslim ticket has nothing to do with performance. Let’s vote for someone that can do something. The work stops on the table of the President. It is the President that you are voting for. He decides what happens. Whether it’s a Muslim/Muslim or Christian/Christian, it should not matter to us in the South because we fought for this.

“I have no doubt that given the opportunity, from what he has done in Lagos, Asiwaju Tinubu will turn things around for the better,” Akeredolu said.

The new commissioners sworn in by Governor Akeredolu were Mr. Sowore Akinwumi Samson and Mr. Ologbese Adeboboye Joseph.

The governor, who admonished the new commissioners to discharge their duties creditably, stressed that his administration would discourage, actively, all disgraceful acts which seek to shortchange the people.

He further charged them to shun distractions from members of their families, friends, and political associates.

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