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All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday met behind closed doors for two hours with President Muhammadu Buhari at the President Villa, Abuja.
The visit of Tinubu, who was accompanied by former national chairman of the APC?, Bisi Akande, came two days after the President confirmed that he was set to name his ministerial nominees, which he has so far kept secret and also believed to be causing some disquiet in the party.
Emerging from the meeting, Tinubu was asked by journalists to respond to the perceived struggle between him, Akande and another influential member of the party, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
He said: “Don’t listen to rumours, there is no struggle. Our party is not even looking at the direction of power struggle or anything of such.
“The structure is to encourage and support the President, to help him institutionalise his goal, principle and vision for a new Nigeria?.”
On Buhari’s delay in appointing ministers, Tinubu said it was better to delay and get it right than laying a bad foundation that would not last in the nation’s interest.
According to him “there is pitfall in rushing, quick fix, depending upon the depth of the rot. And that rush can cascade into mistakes of unimaginable magnitude.
“There is equally glory and recovery in slowness, when you have a slow fix of a bad foundation.
“So, to me, I would rather take the one that will last the country and endeavour for a longer period of time than the rush-hour shopping.”
Tinubu also denied that he was at the Villa with his own list of persons he wanted as ministers, stressing that people can speculate and lie but he also has the right to debunk? them.
Tinubu further defended the President against allegations of dictatorship levelled by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“I disagree with that. He was elected on a platform of democracy. He has adhered to rule of law so far. What is dictatorship about what he has done?
“He has helped to stimulate the economy in the various states and that is where the people are. So what is dictatorship?
“Institutional paralysis had occurred in the country. It is very important for a steady man like the President to really help the nation recover from the paralysis and that is what he is doing.
“So, I don’t see what is dictatorial about that. If they don’t have anything to say, they should rather be quiet. They created what is wrong here today and we can’t sweep that under the carpet. There must be rule of law”, Tinubu said.
Also, speaking to journalists, Akande said he had come to the Villa to encourage Buhari to clear the rot left behind by the PDP.
His words: “Since Obasanjo’s first term, and I understand that President Buhari inherited piles of rot in the Villa, and I said, let me see him, talk to him and report to my party with a view to knowing how to encourage him to change the rot to good.”
Asked what they had been discussing with the President for the two hours that the meeting lasted, Akande replied: “it is the rot, piles of rot upon rot.”
Source – Ikolo Reports
