You can still win an election at 90, wait till 2031 – Akume tells Atiku
Senator George Akume, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has asked the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and other northern political bigwigs warming up to contest 2027 to perish the thought of taking over and wait till 2031 when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would have completed his second term.
Akume, who specifically asked Atiku to shelve his ambition of taking over in 2027, said if God wants him to be president, he can win an election at the age of 90.
Akume, while speaking on Sunday while featuring on a TVC programme on politics, said it is still the turn of the South to produce a president in 2027.
The SGF, a former governor of Benue State, said President 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 of his administration, and expressed optimism that the president would run Nigeria for 8 years.
He defended the tax reform bills as well-envisioned proposed legislation that would help the country when passed by the National Assembly.
He said, “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.
“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.”
Akume appealed to Nigerians to allow the bills to scale through the required legislative processes, saying, “They are well-envisioned for Nigeria and Nigerians.”
Source: Daily Trust
