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The Senate Tuesday declared that rainbow coalition injected into the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for re – election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was on course and will deliver victory for an all inclusive governance at the Federal level in 2027.
Remarks on the rainbow coalition in the Senate by its Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti Central) and President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, came after early adjournment of proceedings by the red chamber to pave way for attendance of inauguration of the campaign council at the Presidential Villa by serving senators who are members .
Specifically, the Senate Leader when called upon to move motion for adjournment at about 12: 50pm ahead of the inauguration slated for 2:00pm, sought for indulgence of senators to make few remarks on something historic .
The historic thing according to him , was the APC Presidential Campaign Council which is a rainbow coalition with membership of executive governor of Anambra State , Charles Soludo of APGA as coordinator , the executive governor of Osun State , Senator Ademola Adeleke of Accord as coordinator , the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike of PDP as coordinator for FCT and Rivers State and Senator Ibrahim Dankwabo ( Gombe North ) as coordinator .
“My point, Mr. President, is that in this country, in the best interests of the Nigerian people, a rainbow coalition indeed is on the move and very much on course .
” I think it is something that should not go unnoticed. We will proceed out of this chamber as members of the ruling party, accompanied by our colleagues, to go to the presidential campaign council.
“We look forward to a campaign that will really celebrate ideas and celebrate our democracy. I really congratulate you Mr President”, he said .
Apparently elated by Bamidele’s remarks , Akpabio in his response said the rainbow coalition presidential campaign council was indeed historic and uncommon , victory from which according to him, is known to Senators like Abdul Ningi ( Bauchi Central ).
He said, “Let me also note, like you said, that this is historic and this is uncommon. This has never happened in the history of our democracy since 1999, that a sitting president will constitute his presidential campaign council with almost all the parties in Nigeria inclusive.
“So, this is not just an inclusive government in terms of infrastructure it’s not just an inclusive government in terms of revenue allocation and allotments, it’s not just an inclusive government in terms of giant strikes in reform it’s also an inclusive government in terms of unity unity of purpose in democracy.
“The coalition is evident of the fact that President Tinubu’s second term is going to be a unity government just like his campaign council is a unity campaign council made of almost all the political parties in the country.
“This is the way Nigeria should be. I’m not going to predict the outcome of the election, but I know that even Senator Abdul Ningi knows the outcome of the election”.
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