ALMUSTAQIM:
Statement by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Presidential Flag Bearer of the All Progressives Congress on his Choice of the Vice Presidential Candidate. July 10, 2022.

1. Fellow Nigerians, we enter a moment of renewed hope. We hold the chance to move the nation and our collective cause forward as never before. Let us seize this moment so that history may write kindly of us.
2. It is time to focus with utmost devotion and love of country to do all we can do to advance the ideals of democratic and progressive good governance in the land.
3. We must end poverty and bring greater prosperity and more lasting peace. Let us be wise of thought yet courageous in action, as we embark on a collective enterprise that brings jobs, education, food, medicine, hope and belief in a better life to those who need them.
4. I stand ready to begin this journey with you, hopefully, to lead the nation on this needed path as your next President by the grace of God. I believe this is a pivotal moment at which the dynamics of history and destiny call us forth to reshape our beloved nation. This is our moment.
5. We all must answer the nation’s call. For some, this requires of us that we step forward, assuming new roles and responsibilities. For others, it may mean something else. For all of us, it requires that we dedicate ourselves to the collective national task as never before.
6. To re-envision and reshape the nation, I must compose the best team possible, a team put together with but one overriding purpose: to forever establish just, capable, and compassionate governance for the people of Nigeria without regard to religion, region, or ethnic origin.
7. In the weeks since becoming the presidential candidate and standard-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), I have been touched as Nigerians from all walks of life have demonstrated their faith in my capacity to lead this country. I thank you for the outpourings of support for they reveal to me the hope you hold for this nation’s greatness. As long as we walk together and work together, we shall arrive at our national greatness together. To this glad and great endeavour, I fully devote myself and my future labour.
8. In full compliance with existing law and regulation, I submitted all necessary documents regarding my nomination as the APC presidential candidate to INEC. But, as was expected, the choice of my vice presidential running mate remained an open and burning question.
9. This gave rise to much speculation and debate.
10. Recent events [the voluntary withdrawal of my dear friend and brother Ibrahim Masari] mean that I am called upon, today, to put an end to the speculation.
11. I have never been an indecisive man and have no present intention to become one.
12. What I am, however, is a democrat. And a democrat must listen to, and consult with, the people and his advisors so that he may reform and govern wisely and on their behalf. This I have done. My political career was not built on blind indifference to the views of others. I appreciate the perspectives of leading members of the party, political allies and key national figures who see Nigeria’s future as I do. They gave me their views so that I might add their valuable insights to mine to reach the best decision possible and do so in a manner that strengthens the institutional fabric of our party as well as accelerating the evolution of our political democracy.
13. I am also a founding member of the APC. I hold our party’s core principles close to heart such that I shall do nothing to betray the spirit in which the party was created.
14. Having now listened to the sage, careful advice of a broad section of the party and of the nation, there are a few points I feel I must make about the exceptional and extraordinary person with whom I will share the APC ticket and the principles of open and good governance that informed this choice.
15. A dominant theme of my political history and my personal life is my staunch belief in our diversity. Greatness lies in embracing our diversity and making it work to enhance the dynamism and justice of our political system. My selection of a running mate comports entirely with this longstanding inclination.
16. The concurrence of my party in this matter has been a source of comfort and encouragement. We are truly building a progressive party that not only represents a departure from other political parties but one that truly may well be the best hope for democratic good governance in Nigeria.
17. I realize the momentous times we have entered. I know what lies in the balance. I also know that our political choices and activities send both intended and unintended signals to portions of the Nigerian electorate.
18. All my life, my decisions regarding the team around and supporting me have always been guided by the principles of competence, innovation, compassion, integrity, fairness, and adherence to excellence.
19. When I was Governor of Lagos State, these principles helped me assemble one of the most capable governing cabinets any state or this nation has ever seen. I trust enough in these principles to allow them to, once more, guide me to construct another exemplary team that can do Nigeria proud.
20. Second, this chapter in our country’s history demands a bold yet pragmatic approach, a path already chartered by the progressive ethos of the APC. The foundation for sustainable progress has been laid these past seven years by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The challenges of today are consequential because the lives and livelihoods of millions of Nigerians lie in the balance. Visionary and creative leadership will take us to our goal.
21. Our focus, therefore, must be on getting the job done; and that means getting the very best and competent people to do it. In this crucial moment, where so much is at stake, we must prioritize leadership, competence, and the ability to work as a team over other considerations.
22. I am mindful of the energetic discourse concerning the possible religion of my running mate. Just and noble people have talked to me about this. Some have counselled that I should select a Christian to please the Christian community. Other have said I should pick a Muslim to appeal to the Muslim community. Clearly, I cannot do both.
23. Both sides of the debate have impressive reason and passionate arguments supporting their position. Both arguments are right in their own way. But neither is right in the way that Nigeria needs at the moment. As president, I hope to govern this nation toward uncommon progress. This will require innovation. It will require steps never before taken. It will also require decisions that are politically difficult and rare.
24. If I am to be that type of President, I must begin by being that type of candidate. Let me make the bold and innovative decision not to win political points but to move the nation and our party’s campaign closer to the greatness that we were meant to achieve.
25. Here is where politics ends, and true leadership must begin.
26. Today, I announce my selection with pride because I have made it not based on religion or to please one community or the other. I made this choice because I believe this is the man who can help me bring the best governance to all Nigerians, period, regardless of their religious affiliation or considerations of ethnicity or region.
27. May I say this to all of you, especially to those who will be disappointed in my selection based on religious considerations. I will not and cannot ignore the religious concerns and ethnic sensitivities of our people. Taking them into due consideration is an important part of good and able governance. But religion, ethnicity and region cannot always and fully determine our path. To forge ahead as a nation toward development and prosperity, we must break free of old binds. We must recalibrate our political calculations to where competence and fairness matter more than reductive demographics.
28. This is why, today, I announce the selection of SENATOR KASHIM SHETTIMA as my partner and running mate in the mission to advance and reclaim the fortunes of this great country and the hopes of its people.
29. Senator Kasim Shettima’s career in politics and beyond shows that he is eminently qualified not only to deliver that all important electoral victory, but, also, step into the shoes of the Vice President. As a man with the talent, maturity, strength of character, and patriotism he has my implicit confidence and faith.
30. I am aware that many will continue focus on a particular detail, the question of his faith.
31. However, if we truly understand the challenges upon us a nation, then we must also see the imperative of placing competence in governance above religious sentiment.
32. In 1993, Nigerians embrace Chief MKO Abiola and a fellow Muslim running mate, Baba Gana Kingibe in one of our fairest elections ever held.
33. The spirit of 1993 is upon us again in 2023.
34. As such, the ticket we present today represents a milestone in our political history. It symbolizes our party’s determination to be a leading light among political parties in Africa.
35. The democratic process and the decorum that characterised our presidential primaries and the selection of our vice presidential candidate exemplifies why we are the party of the people and of the betterment of their future. With this selection the All Progressives Congress surely shall continue to be the party that shows the way and carries this nation towards its best future. I implore you all to join with me on this journey to a brighter future.

Signed.
Asiwaju Bola A. Tinubu,
APC Presidential candidate

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is that how APC intend to sell the Muslim Muslim ticket, by paying the bishops to say good things about them..
after you will hear he have been kidnapped.
the bishop didn't say all these things until now shettima was chosen as VP.
we know failure when we see one.
please let all yoruba Christians be obedient and yusuful to this our great nation

why did he want to decamp?
is just that APC took Christians for nothing and they will meet there Waterloo, anything that will make APC not to win is what im in for.
so this is a good news for me.
more to decamp soon, since they unveiled there hidden Islamic plan for us sensible Nigerian that want to be obediently yusuful to this our great country

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let APC AND PDP continue deceiving there selves.
let all Christians and sensible Nigeria put hands together to be obedient and yusuful to this our great nation

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olas24u:


In a normal federal system the education will differ among regions or state ,because of one Nigeria ,that was how you people came all the way to get free education that your states could not provide

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Yeah awolowo gave our yoruba brothers free education yet we allow someone that doesn't have a certificate to govern us.

diplomat058:


I thought you were a sensible person; that's the reason I opted for a fact based argument. But when confronted with superior facts, you resorted to some incoherent garbage while talking about being blinded by tribe and religion. LooL. Who is blinded- me that is being logical and empiricist in reasoning or you who have nothing to substantiate your argument other than the regurgitated trash of Lagos being a federal capital in the past, bla bla bla and other nonsense Ipob peddle on their platforms. Was Calabar not a federal capital too? Are Rivers and Delta not petrodollar states gulping billions of dollars every year in 13% derivations and oil tax? Why isn't Lagos on the same pedestal with these states? Lagos has continued to evolve in accelerated times, setting governance precedence in every aspect of society. Crimes combating - RRS funded by state financial commitment; infrastructure -topnotch; economy -booming; management of cosmopolitan diversity - excellent. Even in your erosion ravaged region, Ábíá state would not employ Imo indigenes. Talk about people who still practice social caste, regarding some Igbos as Osu and Ebonyi people as second class Igbos. What a joke!

Bring on the governance achievements of your Pandora candidate. Let us juxtapose them with the yet-to-be-matched developmental standards that Asíwájú has set in performance. Na you go run

This one don mad finish.
Look at the kind of reasoning the people that wants us to support tinubu has.
Spits.
Now it have turned to be insulting my maternal people because I done support Muslim Muslim ticket.

DesignMaestro:
Jesus is Isah son of Maryam (Mary). He is messenger and prophet of God.

Wetin be the name for koran

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Double standards.
This smells to high heavens.
Audio book haram commander.
Wetin be e name

That was why they are in a close door meeting.
Brain washed tinubu wannabe are wailing above.
They all support Muslim,Muslim ticket because they are Muslims.
I thought we all wanted what will move our country forward.
Because not later when one section of the country feels left out and wants to leave, then they will start preaching to them not to.
As a yoruba Christian I am obedient and yusuful to my country

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IDIOTmoderators:

How has Osinbajo a Christian be of use?

Okay so fostering a Muslim Muslim ticket will now be of use.
Tell yourself the truth.
Unless you are a Muslim

diplomat058:


The difference between Buhari and Tinubu is that; while Buhari is someone we gave a second chance to prove himself after his uneventful attempt at governance in 84/85, yet failed again; Asíwájú, in the other hand, is a success story, a first class technocrat and politician par excellence in equity and performance of office who pioneered the massive"New Lagos" prosperity we all enjoy today. Mind you, I am talking about a man who guided Lagos from a 250m monthly IGR to being the 4th biggest African economy. He is the pioneer of digitalization of tax bureaucracy i.e LIRS that even the FG has copied it's blueprint as FIRS. His infrastructure landmarks are numerously attesting to a development intellect and template adherence.

Now, to your question, if you were in Tinubu's position, knowing that the APC ticket partly depends on Buhari, would you openly condemn his administration? Why didn't Obi condemn Atiku's shameful conduct as the Head of the Nigerian privatization programs during OBJ, when he was running with him? Why didn't he condemn Jonathan government as inept while under him as a minister? You see, you Ipob lots always think you're clever, but it's always funny. You dare talk about the wool in Asíwájú 's eyes when there is a log in your candidate's eyes?

I would go with a proven success who has been able to separate politics from governance as obtainable in Lagos State.

And no, I did NOT vote for Buhari in 2019

Don't labor Pandora in vain óò �

You are saying different things now.
But tinubu doesn't still believe that buhari is a failure why?. Because you can't give what you don't have.
Lagos was a capital for so many years, it was already made.
Still yet you can't tell me a single remarkable thing tinubu did in lagos.
Is tinubu an indigenous to lagos?
Tinubu and buhari has so many similarities, when you see a failure you even know one from afar, but hate and religion and tribe have blocked your sense of reasoning.
The other used a new bill as certificate this one now is saying that he lost his certificates.

adekolaelect:
what is the point ?? Ok you want me to support a candidate who I don't know his Senator,House of assembly member , Governors, state members,Cancillorand their political offices in my area? Oga I am not among the blind supporters of any politicians in the name of hatred or Imaginary allegation against others like yours. Yours is yours mine is mine but I don't follow groups without directions.

Okay you want to go back to school before knowing once senator and house of assembly member.
Is not about is my tribe man, ask yourself can he move Nigeria forward.
Someone that brought in buhari cannot move Nigeria forward, take it to the bank.
I and my yoruba Christian brothers wants to be obedient and yusuful

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yeah is an Islamic ticket.
when you hear the mention of APC what comes to your mind? Islam and Muslim right.
but as a full blooded yoruba Christian, we won't stay idle and allow some brainwashed Muslims in our midst make us to support Muslims Muslim ticket
let us all who have the interest of this our great nation at heart be obedient to it and yusuful too

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maasoap:


Do you believe that Peter Obi was a failure? This question should help you understand everything now

Name one thing that made him a failure and I will mention 20 things that made tinubu a failure.

DesignMaestro:
You are seeking the wrath of God with this your monica.

Allah means God in English. It is not a specific diety's name. It is an Arabic word that means God (the creator of earth and heavens) just as yoruba will say olohun and Igbo call Him chukwu. Arab christians also use same word to refer to God.

There is only one God. Arabic and hebrew are sister languages. Eli in hebrew is ilahi in Arabic. English use the word 'god' while italians use 'dio' .
John in English is giovanni in italia, juan (pronounced yuan) in spanish, jeane in french, juao in portuguese, yahya in arabic, etc.

Muslims and christians are believers of God. What separate both faiths is the perception of Jesus and his celestial position. Muslims call him messenger of God and christians say, son of God (or God?). They both believe in angels (e.g. Jibril [Gabriel], Mikail [Michael], etc.) and that God does send prophets and messengers.

Noah-Nuh
Abraham-Ibrahim
Isaac-Is'hak
Jacub-Yaqub
Joseph-Yusuph
Moses-Musa
David-Dawd
Solomon-Sulayman
Elijah-Ilyas
Ezekiel-Zulkifl
Jonah-Yunus
Zakariah-Zakariyau
Maria-Maryam
Jesus-Isah

*Christians reject prophet Muhammad (SAW) and demonize anything that has to do with him mainly due to his explanation of who Jesus is, as revealed to him by angel Gabriel (Jibril).

*Muslims accept Jesus and name their kids after him (Isah). They believe he was created by God not born. They also believe crucifixion is false. According to Islam, Jesus didn't die, but ascended to heaven.

If you mock Allah, you should know that you are mocking your creator. Dire consequences await you if you desist not.

Then wetin be Jesus in Islam?

ArewaNorth:


Nobody will force you to vote for APC under multiparty democracy but you also need to take responsibility of the future consequences of advocating for a Christian candidature. I'm very much upbeat that no matter how hard you'll campaign for Obi he won't even come 2nd in the forth coming election. APC will definitely win next election!
Power, competence and money will pave way for APC in irrespective of the winning margin!

Guy APC IS DEAD.
Mark this.
You dared the Christians like they are nothing in the scheme of things

Okealaaye:


That's where our basic difference gain the most emphasis. God forbid that I should adorn the buttocks of my neighbour's daughter with my waist bead even if my daughter's buttocks cannot hold it. Only a bastard Yoruba will prefer Obi to Tinubu, because much as anyone can vitiate tribalism I Nigeria's public affairs, Nigeria isn't yet ready for the kind of patriotism that ignores the saying, Our is ours is good but mine is mine is better. The choice is yours, but please do not drag me into it, because I will then claim my right to my preferred choice. Right?

So you are saying that the prominent yorubas like me supporting Peter obi are bastards.
Yoruba Christian ronu oo

diplomat058:


What was Tinubu's failure? Lol...if not a joke, you would compare Tinubu's milestones as Governor with that of the "I left money at bank" story-telling pacifist? C'mon, BAT administration personified an innovative governance model.

As for BUHARI, he was and is a failure. I voted for him in 2015 because we needed an ironclad general to deal with Boko Haram menace, and with his military credentials and no nonsense antecedents while in office in 83/84, we thought the fight against corruption would be strict and geniune. Obviously, Buhari is a scam, not Asíwájú who is a proven success

Just tell me the difference between tinubu and Buhari.
You are repenting small small, but the likes of helinues and the vulture griller don't believe that buhari was a failure.
Do you know that your lord tinubu dosn't believe that buhari is a failure.
Someone that helped foster this type of failure to Nigerian.
Tell me you didn't vote for buhari in 2019

olas24u:

Philosophy for 4 years and still ended up with pass and you are projecting him as intellectual .Your head get issues.

Even you, you can do better than someone that didn't attend a primary school.
Can't you believe in yourself rather than queuing behind a monumentally failure

adekolaelect:
looting destiny yet S w and his domesite state has become the preferred region for many Nigerians to stay? Oga upgrade your sense to a new versions before it is too late.

As a true yoruba Christian I can tell you that we have other yoruba state in Nigeria apart from lagos.
Lagos was the capital for so many years, and my good friends the igbos have been in lagos long before tinubu.
I'm so sorry that you let tinubu become a God to you.

The same people that was supporting Buhari in 2015 are still the same people supporting tinubu now.
A shame

adekolaelect:
Oga calm down .You just need to tell him why and how Obi is not a lier Thief .why are you expossing your level of stupidity to the world? Pandora comes to mind!!!!!

Maybe he learnt from the best.
The one that looted your destiny and you can't different the difference between failure and success