Council of State passes vote of confidence on Tinubu
The Council of State has passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu leadership.
The Council, consisting of serving and former leaders of the country, made the decision at the inaugural meeting called by President Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday.
The Council, which had former Presidents and Heads of State, including General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), Muhammadu Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan and General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) in attendance, also commended Nigerians for resisting plot for unconstitutional change of government during the #EndBadGovernance protests.
Former Presidents Buhari and Jonathan attended the meeting physically while General Gowon and Abubakar joined virtually.
Governors Alex Otti (Abia); Ahmadu Fintiri (Adamawa) and Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom) attended the meeting virtually too.
However, former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida were absent.
Briefing correspondents after the meeting, Kwara Governor and chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, said the council unanimously passed a vote of confidence on Tinubu for the way he has governed the country.
He said the council was satisfied with the presentations made by Ministers on the progress of the economy.
According to him: “The high note of the meeting was a unanimous passage of a vote of confidence on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, Commander in Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
