The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has debunked report that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former interim National Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande and himself, were struggling to emerge the chairman of the party\u2019s Board of Trustees (BoT).<\/p>\n
Tunis spoke on Wednesday with State House correspondents after visiting President Muhammadu Buhari along with Akande at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.<\/p>\n
According to him, no such rivalry exists in the party and that the party is focused on supporting President Buhari achieve his goal of transforming the nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t listen to rumours, there is no struggle. Our party is not even looking at the direction of power struggle or anything of such.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe support structure is to encourage and support the President as you have heard from Chief Bisi Akande, to help him institutionalize his goal, principle and vision for a new Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n
On those complaining about delay in the release of the ministerial list, he said that \u201cThere 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo to me, I would rather take the one that will last the country and endure for a longer period of time than the rush hour shopping.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also disagreed with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claim that President Buhari was dictatorial.<\/p>\n
\u201cI 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?<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the 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\u2019t see what is dictatorial about that.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also asked the PDP to keep silent if it has nothing meaningful to say. \u201cIf they don\u2019t have anything to say, they rather be quiet. They created what is wrong here today and we can\u2019t sweep that under the carpet. There must be rule of law,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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