Tinubu speaks on 10th National Assembly leadership

The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has made his position known on how the leadership of the 10th National Assembly should emerge.

He made his position known when governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress visited him.

Receiving the governors on the platform of the Progressives Governors Forum in Abuja on Thursday, Tinubu charged them to work closely with the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee and lawmakers on the election of Principal Officers of the National Assembly.

He said: “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.”

A statement from the Office of the President-elect signed by Tunde Rahman indicated that Tinubu 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 also reiterated his earlier admonition that as leaders, they were elected to serve the people with fairness and justice, expressing 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.”

The Chairman of the PGF and Governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, led his colleagues to the meeting.