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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Chief Olumuyiwa Filani has said that the personality and ttsck record of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) would be give the party victory I the February 25 Presidential poll.
The Ikole-Ekiti born veteran politician while addressing press on the state of the nation argued that Tinubu as the Presidential candidate of APC has the capacity and political will to confront the nation’s challenges.
Though Chief Filani expressed disappointment that the APC as ruling party had not fulfil most of its electioneering promises ,he was however hopeful that Tinubu’s Presidency would cover the lost grounds .
According to him, every honest Nigerian who has been following the political trajectory of Asiwaju Tinubu would agree with the fact that his capacity to reset the ailing economy was not in doubt.
Finani urged Nigerians not to visit the alleged failure of the Buhari administration on the APC candidate by rejecting him at the poll, saying that he was not part of the decision-making in the last eight years.
Reeling out the contributions of Tinubu to the enthronement of democratic rule in the country, Filani expressed optimism that the APC candidate when elected on February 25 would unite the nation and place it on the pedestal of growth and development in all sectors.
” I am not happy with the ways things are going in the country, especially the issue of fuel scarcity because Nigerians are suffering and frustrated. I am a discipline man ,that is why people see me being controversial most times.
” I did a SWOT analysis on the four leading presidential candidates and I came out to say that the four of them are equal to the task. Having said that, at least, Tinubu has an edge over the remaining three. He will emerge the winner because he is the most qualified and experienced.
” Tinubu if elected will change some of the policies of the Buhari administration. Most of the promises APC made in 2019, they have left Nigeria down. Tinubu will change some of these policies. He can’t do it now because he is just a leader of the party and not the president. Give Tinubu that chance to become president and I am convinced some of these policies will be reviewed for the betterment of this country.
” I am not a happy man seeing what is happening across the country in all sectors. We are in complete darkness; I am not happy with the APC. What they promised in 2019 they have not fulfilled it. I am not advocating for APC but the personality of Tinubu. It is only unfortunate that Tinubu is in APC but he is capable and competent for the job.
” I know his contributions towards the end of military rule in Nigeria. I know exactly what he can do and whatever he says , he will definitely do it.”
He appealed to electorate in the country to trust the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu in providing practical solutions to myriad of challenges confronting the nation.
Filani who spoke with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital on Thursday explained that the present government of President Muhammadu Buhari has failed in its promises to the country especially in the area of the economy, adding that Nigerians are daily subjected to harsh economic policies by the government.