Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo state, says the victory
of Bola Tinubu, president-elect, has given the All Progressives Congress (APC)
an opportunity to build on the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) earlier
on Wednesday announced Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election
conducted on Saturday.
Tinubu secured 8,794,726 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 6,984,520 votes, and Peter Obi of
the Labour Party (LP) who polled 6,101,533 votes.
Akeredolu said in a statement on Wednesday that the victory
also offers the incoming government the opportunity to address the issues
militating against socio-economic development in the country.
He said the other presidential candidates should take the
olive branch extended by the president-elect.
“This victory offers yet another opportunity for the ruling
party, APC, and the incoming government to continue with the developmental
strides taken by the current administration,” Akeredolu said.
“Furthermore, it is a rare chance given by the people to the
new leaders to tackle, headlong, the factors militating against socio-economic
development in the country.
“The Nigerian State
must be administered true to the acclaimed federal status. The Government and
the people of Ondo State hope to engage the Federal Government, vigorously, on
these issues. There will be no compromise on this stance.
“The people of this country expect a paradigm shift. The
results of these elections represent their eloquent rejection of the politics
of prebendalism which has made become despondent.
“The pervasive anger in the land dictated the voting
pattern, largely. We must be courageous enough to dismantle all structures
which stifle development.”
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