Former Nigerian leaders including General Yakubu, Muhammadu Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan and General Abdulsalami Abubakar have passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu’s leadership of the nation.
It came during the meeting of the National Council of State presided over by President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday.
Both former presidents Buhari and Jonathan attended the meeting physically while General Gowon and Abubakar joined virtually.
However, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida were absent.
Briefing correspondents after the meeting, Governor of Kwara State and the 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.
Also speaking, minister of solid mineral development, Dele Alake, said the council also praised Tinubu for resisting a forceful takeover of government.
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Alake, who said the recent #EndBadGovernance action was not a protest but movement, said the council affirmed that nobody will be allowed to change the government except through the ballot box.
He revealed that seven ministers made presentations to the council on the progress being made on economic diversification and economy.
On his part, minster of finance, Wale Edun, said the ministers updated the council on the progress of the macroeconomic policies being followed which he said has placed the country of the path of growth and stability.
Details to come later….