A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal, has said that the entrance of a former Lagos State Governor, Sen. Bola Tinubu, into the 2023 presidential race will “bring light at the end of the tunnel“.
He said this on Monday in Abuja at a conference convened by the Support Groups Management Council (SGMC) of Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) to harmonise strategies and drum support for the actualisation of Tinubu’s presidential ambition in 2023.
Lawal, who was the chair of the conference, said Tinubu was not only adequately prepared to be Nigeria’s next president, but would also emerge victorious regardless of the mode of primaries adopted by the APC to pick its candidate for the polls.
He said delivering Tinubu as APC’s flagbearer for the 2023 presidential poll should be seen as a task for all the party’s members.
“And this we will do, be it through consensus, indirect or direct party primaries, by the grace of God.
“We are neither offended nor threatened by whichever method the party chooses to adopt for the emergence of its presidential candidate.
“But of course, being democrats, we prefer a method that involves all the card-carrying members of the party in this process.
“Our task, beginning from today, is to develop a smart strategic plan that we will faithfully execute to deliver Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu as APC candidate and thereafter deliver him as the landslide winner of the 2023 presidential election,” he said.
The former SGF said Tinubu had no equal in terms of suitability.
Lawal, while describing Tinubu as brilliant, tested and detribalised, said he was a proven excellent manager of both financial and human capital.
“Above all, he loves Nigeria and has a clear vision of where the country should be and he knows how to take her there.
“Let us work tirelessly, faithfully and earnestly give our country, Nigeria a bright and an economically prosperous future where people of every tribe and religion will feel free, safe, secured and loved.”
He expressed optimism that Tinubu would lead the country to a brighter future if he became president, adding that the APC would be the platform as the preferred option.
