OUTCOME OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION REFLECTS THE WISHES OF ELECTORATE -GOV AKEREDOLU
•Says Committees Have Been Set Up To Meet Aggrieved Presidential Candidates
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, CON has said the outcome of last Saturday’s Presidential Election was a reflection of the wishes of the electorate.
The Governor described the election as the freest ever held in the country.
He spoke to newsmen in Abuja at the International Conference Centre, venue of the presentation of Certificate of Return to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as President-elect and the Vice-President-elect, Senator Kashim Shetima.
The Governor disclosed that a Committee of Elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) would soon begin to meet with co-contestants of the President-elect in a bid to assuage their loss in the just concluded Presidential Election.
He stressed that every aggrieved person will be met for reconciliation.
“The President-elect has set up committees to meet with the gentlemen who contested in the election for us to start the healing process. I belong to one of the committees. We are going to meet them and appeal to them so that we can work together.
“This is an election that was not padded. People who voted were counted, that is the way I see it. It’s not one which shows millions of votes. You can see the candidates, everyone won 12 states each, it has never been like that before.” Governor Akeredolu said.
The Governor, while describing the massive votes recorded by candidates of APC in the Presidential and National Assembly Elections in Ondo State as attestation to the love of the people for his administration, expressed happiness that his people willingly supported his clamour for a Southern President after President Buhari’s two-term tenure.
“Ondo People are progressives and we will always at least be on the side of progressivism. From the onset we are at the forefront of clamour for a Southern President and so we have to put everything we had into it and we got support that is why we are able to make it”. He said.
Richard Olatunde
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Ondo State.
March 1, 2023.
PRESS STATEMENT
ADEGOROYE HAILS TINUBU’S VICTORY, ASSURES NIGERIANS ON SPEEDY ECONOMIC RECOVERY UNDER ASIWAJU
The Minister of State for Transportation, Prince Ademola Adegoroye, has congratulated the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on his victory in last weekend’s election.
The Minister, in his congratulatory message to the President-elect, hailed the resilience and patriotic vigour deployed by Tinubu throughout the electioneering period, saying that this shows the readiness of the President-elect to tackle the nation’s challenges headlong.
Adegoroye reiterated his position that the President-elect will hit the ground running after inauguration and will build on the developmental foundation already laid by President Muhammadu Buhari in the last eight years.
Making reference to the Bloomberg report of positive response of Nigerian bonds from investors after the election, Adegoroye said the Nigerian Economy will witness speedy recovery under Tinubu’s presidency.
The Minister commended President Muhammadu Buhari for providing a level playing ground for the election, which has contributed in great deal to the credibility of the party’s victory at the polls.
The Minister also congratulated the candidates of the APC in Ondo State for their victories in the National Assembly election, where the party won three out of three Senate seats and eight out of nine seats in the House of Representatives.
Prince Adegoroye attributed the overwhelming victory of the APC in Ondo State to the impressive performance and leadership quality of the Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, CON.
The Minister then urged the people of the State to vote for the House of Assembly candidates of the APC in the coming March 11 election, in order to consolidate on the achievements of the Akeredolu administration.
Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan
Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Minister of State for Transportation
