Speakers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled Houses of Assembly have pledged to work for electoral victory for the party’s presidential flag-bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, in the 2023 general election.
The Speakers disclosed this yesterday during a congratulatory visit to the Abuja residence of the APC standard bearer.
The lawmakers said their visit meant was to congratulate Tinubu on his victory at the party’s recent special convention where he was elected candidate, and to also pledge their support to him and his running mate ahead of the general election.
Speakers who visited Tinubu include Mudashiru Obasa of Lagos State, Olakunke Oluomo of Ogun State, Idris Garba of Jigawa State, Kennedy Ibeh of Imo State, Eteng Williams of Cross River State, Funminiyi Afuye of Ekiti State and Oleyelogun Bamidele of Ondo State.
Others are Abdulkarim Lawan of Borno State, Abdullahi Bawa Wuse of Niger, Ahmed Lawan Mirwa of Yobe, Musa Maigari of Katsina and Siddi Buba, deputy speaker of Gombe.
Elated by the visit of the Speakers, Tinubu promised them active roles in his campaigns ahead of the 2023 general election.
He commended the Speakers for the roles they played ahead of his emergence as the presidential candidate of the party.
While appreciating the Speakers, Tinubu, who noted the tasks ahead of 2023, assured them of roles to play in the campaign.
The former Lagos State governor also used the opportunity to explain why he chose a former Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, to be his running mate.
According to him, Shettima was finally chosen as his running mate after wide consultations and some considerations.
He described Shettima as a patriotic and passionate man with the capacity to serve.
Tinubu explained that since the APC chairman, Abubakar Adamu, is from the North Central, it was just right to look at another zone, especially the North-East, for his running mate.
He praised the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), for his “magnanimity and understanding on the issue of the selection of Shettima as a running mate”, just as he appealed to Nigerians to “see beyond religion in their quest to strengthen democracy and make Nigeria successful”.
“I am a Muslim married to a Christian, a pastor,” he was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Eromosele Ebhomele.
The presidential aspirant also emphasised his “flexibility to spiritual ideologies”.
