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From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
The Governor of Kogi state, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has assured President Bola Tinubu, that the state governors will deliver him during the 2027 presidential poll, assuring him not to bother himself with his re-election.
He also made a passionate appeal to the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to adopt consensus option in the conduct of major party primary elections in future.
Ododo spoke to newsmen on the sidelines at the APC national secretariat Abuja on Wednesday after submitting the report on the just concluded Ekiti State governorship primary conducted on Monday.
The governor who led the primary election committee, hinged his appeal to the party’s national leadership on the absence of litigation, rancour and conservation of resources after the conduct of the Ekiti state primary through consensus mode.
While thanking President Tinubu for approving his heading the committee, Governor Ododo said: “I want to stress it that with what Mr. President is doing today for us in Nigeria, he doesn’t need to stress himself come 2027, we will be at the forefront to drive that process.”
“What we are witnessing today and the exercise we have gone to Ekiti state to conduct we are celebrating today, being the first of its kind, is because we have a sincere father, a sincere leader that is leading from the front sincerely.
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“We cannot thank him enough, we will continue to pray for him and of course I want to assure Mr. President that we the children, are with him, we are by him, we are praying for him and we are working and ready to carry this mantra of leadership of peace to the grassroots,” he noted.
Reacting further, Ododo, said: “Let me also recognise and appreciate our National Chairman, Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda for his leadership style of giving everybody a level playing ground to prove themselves. He has brought innovation to our party and of course I know every other party will copy from him.
“He has laid a template, a foundation that of course the entire nation, all political parties will come to copy so that we can continue to move forward. In the history of this country it has never happened before now but with Mr. President’s love and innovation is happening during his own time, during our own time, consensus method of primary election.
“History has been made in Ekiti state; in this country that for the first time under the leadership of President Tinubu, APC have laid this template, consensus mode of primary election. Most of us don’t even know what it means and I will tell you as it is today, the issue of litigation, no crisis, no fighting, no destruction, no waste of resources.
“Ekiti has saved a lot of resources for development and of course I know the party will build on this legacy and of course whether you like me or not, you cannot talk about that process that your blood, your mind will not stream through the chairman and the members of the committee that run that process.
“I want to thank Mr. President for giving me this opportunity to serve my fatherland and to deliver on this national assignment. I want to thank all my members and the NWC members for their support, all the stakeholders of Ekiti State. I want to thank them for their understanding, for the love they have for their state and this country and I want to assure them that it is a process that has come to stay, we are working into it.
“I want to appreciate all of us for standing with and by Mr. President to deliver on this mandate. Mr. President is trying his best, his programmes and policies are already in the results. What we are celebrating today is the handwork of Mr. President.
“I want to thank him most sincerely and I want to assure him that the entire nation is with him. We are praying for him and of course we will deliver for him 100 per cent,” he assured.
