The chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP),Otunba Segun Showunmi has came in defence of President Bola Tinubu over rumoured health challenges, arguing that contrary to the speculations he(Tinubu) is fit to run the country for another term
Penpushing reports that Showunmi made this defence on Thursday during an engagement in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, where he canvassed support for Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election, adding that the President had already addressed the issue
“The president has answered that question by saying that this is a world where when you’re in politics there’s a lot of rumour. The way you saw him bouncing when he was coming from the plane, does that look like someone that is not well? You must beg the people of Nigeria. You cannot indulge in continual self-hate to the extent that all you are looking for is bad news. The president is in good health. The president is a sound mind’, Showunmi emphasised
Penpushing further reports that Showunmi, however, argued that the President’s absence from the New York gathering should not be interpreted as evidence of ill health, while he equally justified Tinubu’s decision to remain focused on domestic engagements rather than attend the United Nations(UN) gathering.
“The United Nations that people talk about, they don’t probably know that the presidency is one. Anywhere you see the vice president acting in capacity as a representative of the president, it is as good as the president standing there,” he said.
“Look at the president. Should he have left a 700 billion investment towards gas in this country so that I can sit down and be taking pictures with some people in the United Nations?, Or should he have left the 17 billion investment in a seaport for our Ogun State while he’s busy taking pictures?”, he stated.
Penpushing also reports that Showunmi questioned the practical benefits of previous Nigerian presidential attendance at the United Nations(UN) General Assembly, arguing that what has been the benefits of the previous attendance to Nigeria
“The ones we’ve been going to the United Nations all these days, including the one we even did with Tafal Balewa, the Golden Voice of Africa. What has been the result? The United Nations is just a gathering of one person saying, yes, sir, I’m here. They’ve seen me. And Nigeria has been represented, and that is enough,” he said.
Penpushing reports that Showunmi Convener of The Alternative Movement urged Nigerians to disregard what he described as politically motivated negative reports about the President, stressing that there was no point listening to the ideas of naysayers, nor the ideas of people who hate themselves and only laugh at mischief and at bad news.
The former Governorship aspirant in Ogun State also accused some presidential contenders of being unwilling to acknowledge positive developments under Tinubu arguing that the country needs policy continuity to allow the administration’s economic programmes to take effect.
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