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Tinubu to APC governors: You must work in unison with party leadership

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has urged the governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to work in unison with the party leadership and lawmakers on the election of principal officials of the National Assembly.

“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,” Tinubu said while receiving the governors at his residence in Abuja on Thursday, April 27.

The President-elect also 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,” he added.

Tinubu further reiterated his earlier admonitions that, as leaders, they were elected to serve the people and humanity with fairness and justice.

The former governor of Lagos State expressed gratitude to God that he, “the first Muslim minority from the South-West got the blessing of Allah to be elected president”.

Dismissing speculations about his health, the President-elect said “all speculations have perished and their purveyors brought to shame”.

On his part, the Chairman of the Progressive Governors, who is also the governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, said the visit was to congratulate Tinubu on his election victory, extend goodwill to him over the end of Ramadan Fast, and welcome him back from his recent travel and celebrate with him.

Bagudu stated that the governors were ready for any assignment the President-elect may give them.

On the task with respect to the election of presiding officers of the National Assembly, he pledged that the governors would continue to discuss and work with the party and the lawmakers to arrive at the best decision in the interest of the country.

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 (Cross River), Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq (Kwara), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), and Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti).

Others were the Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, Kelechi Igwe, and the APC governorship candidate in Kano State, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna.

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