Politics
Tinubu meets Buhari in Saudi Arabia
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Also at the Iftar dinner meeting were Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, and Emir of Kazaure, Najib Hussaini Adamu.
This was revealed in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
Tinubu had during the meeting, appealed to elderly Nigerians to avoid inflammatory statements that could undermine peaceful co-existence among the nation’s diverse communities.
He said all citizens should consider the enormity of challenges facing the nation, and support the President.
READ ALSO: FULANIZATION: Obasanjo has an agenda to disintegrate Nigeria at all cost – Group alleges
According to the statement, Tinubu noted that “the President worked hard and will continue to do so to ensure peace and stability in the country, which are important for the economy to make progress. These are the key pegs of his agenda. Let us all come together to support him.”
He claimed that the Peoples Democratic Party was reputed for “saucy and distractive statements’’, urging Nigerians not to be angry with the opposition party, but assist them to overcome their “colossal defeat” in the February 2019 elections.”
“Don’t blame them. They are handicapped by the traumatic feelings of the colossal loss of the election. You should help them to manage the trauma,” he said.
Tinubu commended President Buhari for the recognition of June 12th as the nation’s Democracy Day.
Other guests at the Iftar dinner were: Nigerian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Justice Isa Dodo, Mamman Daura, Isma’ila Isa, Wale Tinubu and Hakeem Fahm, the Commissioner of Science and Technology, Lagos State.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...