FG: Tinubu’ll build on Buhari’s legacies for Nigeria’s unity

The Federal Government (FG) has congratulated the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, for winning the February 25, 2023, presidential election.

The FG, in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said Tinubu will build on the legacies of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for a united, peaceful, and prosperous country.

The government, while calling on Nigerians to shun violence over the just concluded general election, urged aggrieved political parties to seek redress in court.

It said: “The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman, Presidential Transition Council, Boss Mustapha (CFR), on behalf of Federal Executive Council (FEC), congratulate the President-elect, His Excellency, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Vice President-elect, His Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima on their victory at the just concluded presidential election as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

“FEC notes that the President-elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is a seasoned administrator, a technocrat of monumental proportion, astute politician and a committed party man, whose unrivalled determination is to move the country forward.

“It has the confidence that the in-coming administration will build on the legacies of the out-going administration for a guaranteed, united, peaceful, prosperous and virile nation.

“In this regard, FEC calls on Nigerians to eschew violence and other negative acts capable of eroding the gains of the present democratic process, while urging aggrieved political parties to employ legal means to seek redress as appropriate.

“Also, the Chairman of the Presidential Transition Council looks forward to working with the in-coming administration and its team during the transition period,” the statement read.

The Star

Segun Ojo