Yoruba Global Council, YGC has endorsed Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives, APC presidential candidate as the next pesident.
The APC candidate who is tied in a three horse race with Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been receiving support across the country in his quest to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, the most recent being the one he got from South west leaders last weekend.
Speaking of the group’s support for the APC candidate, the foremost Yoruba body said it has become pertinent to put to rest wrong perceptions about the former Lagos governor.
YGC spokespersons Prof. Lere Amusan and General Secretary, Segun Akanni in a statement jointly signed urged Yoruba men and women to rally round the candidature of Tinubu in ensuring that he emerged winner in the February 25 presidential election.
“Tinubu only, among the top three candidates for the February 25 presidential election, possesses the required standard in education, exposure and experience to move Nigerians out her present challenges and provide Nigerians a new lease of life in line with his campaign slogan, ‘Renewed Hope,” posit Amusan and Akanni, adding that YGC is throwing its support for Tinubu in line with its core mandate of protecting the interest and advancing the course and aspiration of Yoruba sons and daughters in any fields, anywhere in the world.
Yoruba Global Council, in its statement, noted that Nigeria’s foundation appears to shaky as songs of disintegration and dismemberment are being echoed by different ethnic nationalities on account of the age-long discontent and disillusionment occasioned by the inequitable distribution of the country’s commonwealth and the apparent neglect of the Federal Character Code thereby denying some sections of Nigeria a sense of belonging.
“Tinubu and the party he represents, APC, is conscious of the depressing nature of our country and, if elected, is more than determined to right the wrongs and bring genuine relief to the victimized and marginalized Nigerians as well creating an enabling environment for all Nigerians to thrive and succeed irrespective of tribe, religion or party affiliation.”
The statement said Tinubu is a detribalise Nigerian who has a track record of appointing non- Yoruba into his cabinet when he was Lagos state governor.
recaptures Tinubu’s track record as Lagos State governor when he appointed Igbos as commissioners and other qualified non Yoruba persons into key governmental positions, which it notes speaks volume of his belief in the oneness of the Nigerian nation.
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