Former and current Speakers of State Houses of Assembly in
the South West geo-political zone stormed Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Wednesday,
to drum support for the presidential ambition of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Tinubu who is the National leader of
the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), ruled Lagos State between 1999 and
2007.
Our correspondent reports that no fever than twenty current
and past Speakers in the States’ Assemblies in the region attended the meeting
on Wednesday.
Among those present are Speaker of Lagos State House of
Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, former Speakers of Osun State House of
Assembly, Hon. Mojeed Alabi and Hon. Najeem Salam, former Speaker of Oyo State
House of Assembly, Hon. Asimiyu Alarape and former speakers from Ondo and
Ekiti, among others.
Our correspondent recalls that some loyalists of the former
Governor had last year visited two traditional rulers in Oyo State, drumming
support for Tinubu.
Obasa, who is the convener of the meeting held in Ibadan on
Wednesday, noted that all former and current Speakers in the region had taken
it upon themselves to support Tinubu presidency in 2023.
The Lagos State Speaker added that Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT)
Foundation is meant to break the shackles of poverty in the country.
Obasa who stated that though Tinubu has not given the
go-ahead to kickstart any interest in the presidency, there is a need to
deliberate on this all important issue on behalf of Tinubu.
According to Obasa, all current and former speakers present
should after the meeting go back to their respective states to set up the
template that would see to the actualisation Tinubu mandate.
The National Coordinator of BAT Movement, Ambassador Aliyu
Saulawa, emphasized that the movement is ready to ensure power shift to the
southwest and to be clinched by Tinubu.
He lauded Tinubu’s option of supporting President Muhammadu
Buhari rather than former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who would have done
anything for Tinubu, to win his support.
Saulawa said, “What was resolved at the meeting include,
that power must shift to the south and that the southwest must produce the next
president.
“That Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, being a Yoruba man with the
capacity, experience and means should be the candidate to be supported to
emerge as the next president of Nigeria.
“That Asiwaju Tinubu still needs to do more networking in
Yoruba land, especially amongst serving and past governors so that voices of
dissent can be reduced to the barest minimum.
“That all stakeholders here present should go back home and start the Asiwaju Tinubu presidential project pending when he will come out public to agree to contest.”
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