Former Lagos governor and
national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has
dismissed speculation that he was working against Vice President, Yemi
Osinbajo, over 2023 presidency.
He said this in reaction to the
latest actions taken by President Muhammadu Buhari allegedly targeted at his
deputy.
President Muhammadu Buhari
reportedly met recently with Tinubu and Chief Bisi Akande, former APC Interim
National Chairman of the APC.
He reportedly complained about
certain actions of the Vice President, and allegedly asked the duo to prevail
on Osinbajo to resign his appointment from the cabinet.
According to the Sunday
Independent, while Akande was said to have opposed resignation, Tinubu
allegedly supported the President and claimed that nothing was wrong with
Osinbajo quitting if found to be culpable.
Reacting, Tinubu’s spokesman,
Tunde Rahman, denied rift between his principal and Osinbajo.
“There is no truth in the
allegation that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is against the Vice President. There is
nothing stopping the Vice President from nursing a presidential ambition. If he
wants to run, let him run.
“We are all watching and waiting.
It is all a bundle of lies that Asiwaju Tinubu is unhappy about that. People
are just politicising the situation. Tinubu cannot muscle his own boy in any
way”, he said.
Last Thursday, Osinbajo stated
that the Economic Management Team (EMT) which he heads was not scrapped or
dissolved by the president.
Buhari had on Monday, constituted
an Economic Advisory Council (EAC), which is widely believed would take over
the functions of the EMT.
In response to an enquiry from
the National Economic Council (NEC), which comprises the 36 state governors,
the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), among others, Osinbajo noted
that both councils were for the benefit of the President
He added that, “If NEC want to be
briefed regularly by the Economic Advisory Council, EAC, we will request the
President to do that”.
Osinbajo explained to the council
that such interaction will promote synergy.
Speaking to newsmen after the
meeting, Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, confirmed that he and his colleagues
discussed Buhari’s new team with the VP.
Yahaya said: “Governors requested
for clarification from NEC’s chairman-the vice president (Osinbajo), on the
relationship between NEC and the newly informed Economic Advisory Council.
“And the vice president explained
that those councils are advisory for the benefit of the President while NEC is
established by the constitution, they are to complement one another.
“He added that NEC could be
briefed regularly on the activities of the Economic Advisory Council with the
permission of the president,” he added.
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