The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, has urged politicians from the northern axis warming up to contest the 2027 presidency to drop their ambition and wait till 2031 after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must have completed his second term. Akume was specifically referring to the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to forget about the thought of taking over the presidential villa come 2027, saying that if God wants him to be president; he can win an election at the age of 90.
Akume stated this yesterday while featuring on a TVC programme on politics, insisting it is still the turn of the South to produce a presidential candidate for the 2027.
According to the former governor of Benue State, President Tinubu still have a support base among Nigerians following his tax reform bills and other strategic economic decisions he took in the last 17 months of his administration, and expressed hope that Tinubu would reign for 8 years.
Akume while throwing his weight behind the tax reform bills, saying it was a well-envisioned proposed legislations that would help the country when passed by the National Assembly.
In his statement, “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.”
