Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has boasted that he has better qualifications, track record than his rivals.
Tinubu made the statement when he, on Thursday met with some Christian clerics under the aegis of the Pentecostal Bishops Forum of Northern Nigeria, Vanguard reports.
The APC National leader who said his choice of a Muslim running mate was beyond religion and other sentiments, also stressed that he is better positioned to enhance the fortunes of the country than any of his rivals.
“How will Nigeria develop? How do we banish hunger? How do we improve the insecurity and how do we eliminate killing one another, and shedding blood on innocent citizens? That is what we must take to the office and not our religion”, Tinubu said.
“My intention is clear. Not in religiosity. My intention is to develop this country, to bring prosperity to our country and I have better qualifications, better track record, better exposure, better vision than any of my mates.”
On the choice of his running mate, Tinubu said; “When the shortlisted names came, I looked at the characters on the list, their backgrounds and everything and here is somebody (Kashim Shettima) who is so brilliant, so committed, who, during the crisis in Borno protected Christians.”
“Let us develop intellectual inclusiveness to build an understanding on which way Nigeria.”
In his comment, the Chairman of Pentecostal Bishops Forum of Northern Nigeria, Archbishop John Praise said; “We are not committed to endorsing anybody, but you should ask your conscience and from what you have heard and from the explanations, he (Tinubu) has given to us, to make your own judgment of who will better rule and handle the country.”
