Obasanjo can’t tell us who to vote for – Tinubu
The national leader of the All Progressives
It Congress, Bola Tinubu , on Tuesday , lambasted former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the recent letter of criticism he wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari , saying the ex -President had no right to dictate who the people should vote for in the 2019 presidential election .
The former Lagos State governor , who said Obasanjo did his terms in office without being disturbed , urged him to face his poultry business in his Ota farm .
Tinubu said if Obasanjo had laid a good foundation for the country when he was President , like he ( Tinubu ) did in Lagos State , Nigeria would not be in the mess that it was in .
Tinubu spoke at the Lagos APC secretariat in Ogba on Tuesday during the party ’ s stakeholders ’ meeting .
Present at the meeting were Governor Akinwunmi Ambode ; Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudasiru Obasa ; the Chairman of the Lagos State APC , Tunde Balogun , and other party stalwarts in Lagos .
Tinubu , who switched between Yoruba and English languages , said having brought Buhari in , the party would also ensure his re-election next year, notwithstanding Obasanjo ’ s opposition .
“ Look at us in Lagos , we can get angry with one another , it is only God that has perfection . When you elected me as governor , I laid the foundation . If we didn’ t lay the foundation for Lagos , there ’s no amount of wisdom that Fashola may have that will make the state as progressive as it has been .
“ If we didn ’t lay the foundation , there ’s no amount of wisdom that Ambode may possess that will make things as smooth as they are …so, Obasanjo that is talking , if he had laid a strong foundation in Abuja , the country would not have scattered; things would not have been going the way they are going . And you ( Obasanjo ) want to sit in Ota ; face your chicken and egg business.
“ You cannot govern from Ota ; you cannot tell us who to vote for ; you have used up your time. Let us tell Obasanjo so. Our Buhari is our own ; we were the ones who brought him and we will secure the second term for him , ” Tinubu said in Yoruba language .
He described those who defected from the APC as political prostitutes who were bound by conspiracy .
Tinubu said in spite of the defections, “ We ( the APC ) remain strong .”
“ You heard we won in Bauchi; you heard we won in Kogi ; you heard we won in Katsina . Did we wear a bandage around our neck to win? We went to Ekiti , what did we bring back? Governor! The broom swept them, cleanly, ” Tinubu said , boasting that the Ekiti feat would be replicated in Osun State in the September 22 governorship election.
Tinubu , however , announced that the party ’ s candidates in Lagos State would be chosen via direct primaries .
He urged old members to hold on to their membership cards, while new members were encouraged to join.
“ We are going to register additional members ; new members . We must open our register throughout the state and hold me responsible if you don ’t have your membership card at the end of the registration .
“ We are going to use only the membership card of the APC for the primaries ,” he said .
He charged party members to ensure they collect their PVCs before the August 17 deadline , saying they should sleep at the collection centres if they had to .
Tinubu said any local government chairman who frustrated the PVC collection by members and ended up with a high number of uncollected PVCs after the August 17 deadline risked being removed from office or suspended.
He said the same fate awaited party chairmen , and party executive members who failed to cooperate and ensure that new members were registered to join the APC .
Tinubu , however, said any of the council chairmen and party executives who performed well would be rewarded with the second term, as a “ bonus .”
“ That is how our party is , ” he declared .
He also warned the aspirants not to be tempted to fight over registration of new members , saying they risked being screened out .
“ Write it down , ” he said .
In his remarks , Ambode described the direct primary being introduced by the Lagos APC as “ the beginning of the uplift of governance in Nigeria .”
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It Congress, Bola Tinubu , on Tuesday , lambasted former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the recent letter of criticism he wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari , saying the ex -President had no right to dictate who the people should vote for in the 2019 presidential election .
The former Lagos State governor , who said Obasanjo did his terms in office without being disturbed , urged him to face his poultry business in his Ota farm .
Tinubu said if Obasanjo had laid a good foundation for the country when he was President , like he ( Tinubu ) did in Lagos State , Nigeria would not be in the mess that it was in .
Tinubu spoke at the Lagos APC secretariat in Ogba on Tuesday during the party ’ s stakeholders ’ meeting .
Present at the meeting were Governor Akinwunmi Ambode ; Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudasiru Obasa ; the Chairman of the Lagos State APC , Tunde Balogun , and other party stalwarts in Lagos .
Tinubu , who switched between Yoruba and English languages , said having brought Buhari in , the party would also ensure his re-election next year, notwithstanding Obasanjo ’ s opposition .
“ Look at us in Lagos , we can get angry with one another , it is only God that has perfection . When you elected me as governor , I laid the foundation . If we didn’ t lay the foundation for Lagos , there ’s no amount of wisdom that Fashola may have that will make the state as progressive as it has been .
“ If we didn ’t lay the foundation , there ’s no amount of wisdom that Ambode may possess that will make things as smooth as they are …so, Obasanjo that is talking , if he had laid a strong foundation in Abuja , the country would not have scattered; things would not have been going the way they are going . And you ( Obasanjo ) want to sit in Ota ; face your chicken and egg business.
“ You cannot govern from Ota ; you cannot tell us who to vote for ; you have used up your time. Let us tell Obasanjo so. Our Buhari is our own ; we were the ones who brought him and we will secure the second term for him , ” Tinubu said in Yoruba language .
He described those who defected from the APC as political prostitutes who were bound by conspiracy .
Tinubu said in spite of the defections, “ We ( the APC ) remain strong .”
“ You heard we won in Bauchi; you heard we won in Kogi ; you heard we won in Katsina . Did we wear a bandage around our neck to win? We went to Ekiti , what did we bring back? Governor! The broom swept them, cleanly, ” Tinubu said , boasting that the Ekiti feat would be replicated in Osun State in the September 22 governorship election.
Tinubu , however , announced that the party ’ s candidates in Lagos State would be chosen via direct primaries .
He urged old members to hold on to their membership cards, while new members were encouraged to join.
“ We are going to register additional members ; new members . We must open our register throughout the state and hold me responsible if you don ’t have your membership card at the end of the registration .
“ We are going to use only the membership card of the APC for the primaries ,” he said .
He charged party members to ensure they collect their PVCs before the August 17 deadline , saying they should sleep at the collection centres if they had to .
Tinubu said any local government chairman who frustrated the PVC collection by members and ended up with a high number of uncollected PVCs after the August 17 deadline risked being removed from office or suspended.
He said the same fate awaited party chairmen , and party executive members who failed to cooperate and ensure that new members were registered to join the APC .
Tinubu , however, said any of the council chairmen and party executives who performed well would be rewarded with the second term, as a “ bonus .”
“ That is how our party is , ” he declared .
He also warned the aspirants not to be tempted to fight over registration of new members , saying they risked being screened out .
“ Write it down , ” he said .
In his remarks , Ambode described the direct primary being introduced by the Lagos APC as “ the beginning of the uplift of governance in Nigeria .”
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