As Presidential candidates solicit support and votes from Nigerians, the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asíwájú Bola Tinubu has made it known that he won’t be a part-time President who will shuffle his time between living in Dubai and Nigeria but instead would concentrate his attention, time and energy on confronting and surmounting Nigeria’s pressing challenges.
Tinubu made the assertion at an interactive session with members of the popular Tijjaniyyah sect on Sunday in Kano.
In a statement issued to newsmen by his Media Office and signed by Tunde Rahman , Tinubu said that top on the list are improved electricity, full security, giving agriculture full attention including provision and completion of dams and improved quality education for Nigerians.
Sheikh Bashir Tijjani Usman Zangon Bareebah, representing members of the Tijjaniyyah sect , presented a long list of issues the sect wants the APC Presidential candidate to address when he gets to office.
Declaring support to the APC presidential ambition, the sect demanded that if he wins, the Tinubu presidency should ensure inclusion of their members in cabinet and other government appointments, reduction in Hajj fares and assistance in concluding Tijjaniyyah University under construction in Kano.
Responding to their demands, Tinubu said that the answers to some of their demands were contained in his manifesto unveiled last week by President Muhammadu Buhari, emphasizing that his desire to be the president is borne out of his commitment to better the lives of all Nigerians.
In attendance at the session held inside the African Hall of Kano Government House were his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, and at least six governors of the party, among others.
