The members of the National Council of State and the Nigerian Governors Forum(NGF) have unanimously passed a vote of confidence in President Bola Tinubu.
Chairman, NGF, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq who disclosed this after the Council of state meeting, comprising past heads of state and governors, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said the members gave their endorsement during the engagement, which he noted was fruitful.
“We indeed had a very robust meeting. The high note of the meeting was a unanimous passage of a vote of confidence on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, Commander in Chief of the Nigerian armed forces.
Members, especially those of the Nigerian governor’s forum, were satisfied with the presentation by the members of the Federal Executive Council, and after that meeting, there was an executive session between members of the Nigerian governor’s forum and Mr President, and Frank and fruitful discussions were held between both parties.
” I’m glad to say we’re on the right track. And to say in the same vein, members of the NGF also, like the members of the Council of State, passed a vote of confidence on Mr. President. We also wish him well and pray for God’s guidance for him, “he said.
Speaking earlier on the #endbadgovernance protests, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake who described the demonstration as “a movement to effect a change of regime by force,” said the council praised Nigerians for resisting such move that could breach the country’s democracy and integrity.
Alake disclosed that the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu at the meeting, gave an assessment of the security situation of the country and informed the Council about the pre, during and post event of the recent protest.
He said the NSA allayed the fears of Nigerians, in his reassurance on tightened security around the country.
According to Alake, “The National Security Adviser also was on hand to present the security situation of the country. He did inform the Council of State about the pre, during, and post event of the last protests.
“And so, you know, the council thanked Nigerians at large for resisting any unconstitutional move to change government, if anybody is not satisfied with the government, or any current administration, there is always an election coming, so you wait for election and cast your vote.
“So after the NSA’s briefing, generally, he allayed everybody’s fears and spoke on the tightness of the security around the country, and also reassured all and sundry that nobody will be allowed to truncate our hard earned democracy.
“Any change of government has to be through the ballots and not through the barrel of the gun or through insurrection or through any other unconstitutional means, only through the ballot box can any government be changed.
“And he reassured on the security readiness of all security agencies in the country, to secure our territorial integrity and to protect Nigeria’s Democracy.”
Speaking further, the minister said members called for the protection of Nigeria’s democracy and territorial integrity.
Alake also informed that seven ministers made presentations, highlighting the road map of achievements, prospects, and challenges recorded in various sectors of the economy across the country.
“And some of us ministers who are invited to make presentations on our road map on what we’ve been able to achieve, the prospects and the challenges in our various ministries. And so myself, the Solid Minerals, coordinating Minister of the Economy and the finance minister, Mr Wale Edun, was also there to make a presentation.
“The Minister of Budget was also there he made his presentation. The Minister of Works also made a presentation, the Minister of Trade and Investment. Dr. Doris was also there. The Minister of Agriculture was also invited.
“So these seven of us ministers made individual presentations to the council of state meeting, and our presentations were well received from the feedback that we got immediately after individual presentations, and our presentations were well received from the feedback that we got immediately after individual presentations”, Alake said.
Present at the meeting were former President Muhammadu Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan, and other past Nigerian leades, who joined the meeting virtually, as well as the 36 state governors
