House of State passes ‘confidence motion’ on Tinubu

The State Council on Tuesday issued a “vote of confidence” in President Bola Tinubu.

The meeting, the first since Tinubu took office on May 29 last year, was attended by former Presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Goodluck Jonathan.

The duo of former heads of state, Yakubu Gowon and Abdulsalami Abubakar, attended the meeting virtually.

Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, and Kwara State Governor, Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman, briefing State House correspondents at the end of the meeting.

Alake said the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, presented a report on the country’s security situation to the council.

He added that the council commended Nigerians for resisting any unconstitutional attempt to change government during the #EndBadGovernance protests.

The minister said: “Of course, at the end of the day, the country’s issues were discussed in a strong and honest manner. The national security adviser was also present to convey the country’s security situation.

“The National Security Adviser was also present to convey the security situation of the country. He briefed the state council on the events before, during and after the last protest, which I did not call a protest.

“I call it a movement to bring about regime change by force, which is also opposed.

“The House thanks all Nigerians for rejecting every unconstitutional move to change the government; if anyone is dissatisfied with the government, there is always the election coming, so wait for the election and cast your vote.

“So, the NSA briefed the Council on the security situation and allayed fears everywhere.

“So, after the NSA briefing, in general, he calmed everyone’s fears and talked about the tight security across the country, and also assured everyone that no one will be allowed to curtail our hard-won democracy.

“Any change of government must be made by vote, not by gunpoint or insurrection or other unconstitutional means; only through the ballot box can governments be changed.”

Meanwhile, Abdulrahman said the council had given a motion of confidence to the president.

He said: “The most important thing in this meeting is the unanimous passage of a motion of confidence in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.

“The members, especially the members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, were satisfied with the presentation made by the members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and following the meeting, an executive session was held between the members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Mr. President, and a frank and fruitful discussion was held between both parties.”

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