he Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, stated this when he fielded questions from newsmen after a closed door meeting with President Buhari at his private resident in Daura on Friday
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Tinubu said this on Tuesday after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja alongside a former Interim National Chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande
The visit was the second in two weeks
Speaking to newsmen in his office, Obasa said it was the Midas touch of Tinubu followed by the successive leadership roles of Governors Babatunde Fashola and Akinwunmi Ambode that have led to the emergence of the most progressive, most rapidly developing state in Nigeria, which Lagos is
The information is in a two-paragraph statement issued by Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity in Abuja on Tuesday.
Tinubu said this on Friday when he spoke with newsmen in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on his was to Awka, the Anambra State capital, for the burial of former Vice President Alex Ekwueme
The visit had been linked to statement released by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Buhari on Tuesday, telling him not to seek reelection in 2019
The President had a few weeks ago met with Tinubu in Aso Rock
The Minister’s ambition, the party said, has robbed him of the capacity to see other people’s views
Tinubu said this at the Daily Trust Annual Lecture Series on Thursday, where he spoke on: “Nigeria and challenges of 2019: This is not a game”
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Tinubu urged Nigerians to learn from the example of Jesus Christ “who faced and overcame the greatest evil” by uniting to overcome our challenges.
The PDP in a release by its Public Relations Officer, Akeem Olatunji, said the rally was more of a birthday celebration of the Governor who clocked 68 on Saturday because “the so-called decampees have joined APC long time ago”
Leading the pack of the decampees was the former Governor of the state, who was also the 2015 gubernatorial candidate of the Labour party, Adebayo Alao-Akala.
Tinubu made the declaration during a mega rally at the ancient Mapo Hall, while receiving former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala; former Senate Leader, Teslim Folarin; and hosts of others into the APC
Ambode, who spoke at a ceremony to unveil the park known as Johnson, Jakande, Tinubu Park and located in front of the State House of Assembly and a few metres away from Lagos House, said it was part of efforts by his administration to immortalise heroes who worked hard for the emergence of Lagos as not only the Centre of Excellence, but also one of the most prominent City States in Africa
Tinubu said he and the people of the South West “have absolute confidence and are exceedingly proud of the excellent job Professor Osinbajo is doing as Vice President of Nigeria”
Okorocha said this on Saturday in Akungba Akoko, Ondo State when he spoke with newsmen after receiving an honourary degree at the Adekunle Ajasin University
“All those who know you know that you have always acted with the interests and the wellbeing of our beloved nation in heart and mind. Duty to nation and the preservation of this nation and its progress have been your lodestar,” Tinubu said.
Buhari, who did not disclose what the “beautiful piece of information” was, said he would study the paper presented to him by Tinubu, whom he left Nigeria with on Tuesday