The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, has asked Atiku Abubakar and other northerners planning to contest the 2027 presidency to wait till 2031 when President Bola Tinubu would have completed his second term.
The SGF, who stated this while featuring on the Politics on Sunday programme of Television Continental, anchored by Femi Akande, also appealed to Nigerians to allow the bills to scale through required legislative processes stating that the bills were well envisioned for Nigerians.
He assured Nigerians that President Bola Tinubu has not lost goodwill among Nigerians as a result of tax reform bills and other strategic economic decisions taken within the last 17 months.
He specifically defended the Tax Reform Bills as well-envisioned laws that would take the country out of the woods when fully considered and passed by the National Assembly.
“President Tinubu, through the reform bills, wants to reposition the Nation’s economy as he earlier did with the removal of fuel subsidy and harmonization of the foreign exchange windows in the country,” he said.
“It is very easy to destroy but difficult to build, the various reforms being rolled out are meant to rebuild the destroyed Nigeria by previous administrations.
“Very soon, Nigerians will start seeing results from the reforms being carried out,” he added
Speaking further, he specifically asked former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to shelve the idea of taking over the presidential villa in 2027, saying that if it’s the will of God that he become president, he can win an election at the age of 90.
“President Tinubu, as a Southerner, should be allowed to have a second term, meaning that those eyeing the Presidency from the North in 2027 should look beyond that year by waiting till 2031,” he said.
“If it is the will of God for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to be President of Nigeria, even at the age of 90 years, he can get it, but he and other Northerners, eyeing the office now, should look beyond 2027.