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Former Lagos State Governor, and national leader of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Tuesday expressed firm support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

He also denied making any demand from the governing party.

Tinubu made the declaration at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja shortly after breaking Ramadan fast with the President along with some other chieftains of the party.


In his response, President Buhari urged influential Nigerians to use their positions to help in the realization of the goals of his administration.

He said with such support from all and sundry, the current administration will be able to deliver on its cardinal promises of providing security, stemming corruption and providing employment.
Tinubu stated that he had been deliberately quiet on the raging crisis in the federal legislature because of his position in the party.

He said: “That’s an area where I am very, very cautious of my position and my utterances. I still want to keep my side of interpretation and analysis to me to be able to achieve a resolution of the matter as quickly as possible.

“I am backing what the president has carefully enumerated and articulated to the party. The party is supreme. The party must have disciplined leaders and followers.

“The process must be respected because that is the confidence and the thrust of the people.
“However, in every political environment, you expect conflict. That’s politics and conflict resolution mechanism will be applied to resolve all problems. So, we are there.

“There’s is honour in every struggle, in every competition. There must be honour in victory too. I will stop there for now.”

He added: “I have no demands of the party. If you understand what party politics is all about and what leadership is all about, it’s about loyalty and commitment to the values that leadership believes in. I believe in what the president believes in and respect him, and I stand firmly loyal to his cause.

“You can go to any length of speculation that you might want. I have not responded to all of that because I understand the president and the president understands me.”

Tinubu also dispelled speculations that the government of President Buhari is rather slow, saying that the mess of 16 years cannot be cleared in 30 days.

“I heard they say we are slow. Yes, we didn’t campaign to be fire fighters, but planners and meticulous one at that. A latrine pit of 16 years can’t be cleaned up in 30 days because the mess is much.

“We have faith in you Mr. President, we have faith in your capacity and uprightness. I’m here filled up and not fed up.

“We promise to continue to be with you and support. ‎No matter what they are saying we are not re-running the election until four years’ time.

President Buhari, ‎who spoke in response to Tinubu’s address, went down the memory lane on how the party surmounted many obstacles to emerge strong enough to dislodge the PDP, urging that it was important for the members to lay aside their differences and unite for the sake of the country.

He said: “I went into this long explanation so that you will appreciate how far we have come and for a society as ours, if we respect the constitution, then all the greed and problems will be a thing of the fast.

“We should just look at Nigeria as Nigerians, no matter the level you are, loss your influence so that we can help achieve the manifestos – security, economy, employment and corruption because if we don’t kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria.

“We have to ensure that people we bring forward are those that will move the society forward”.

Culled from Daily Times