Tinubu needs collaboration to successfully tackle Nigeria’s problems – Group

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Tinubu needs collaboration to successfully tackle Nigeria’s problems – Group

A group, Yoruba Commitment Leaders has advised aggrieved Nigerians and groups to join hands with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, in tackling the problems bedevilling the country.

The group stressed that all Nigerians need to collaborate with the President-elect in formulating strategies on how to tackle “the myriad of problems confronting the nation including restructuring.”

YCL also condemned individuals and groups who are calling for the postponement or outright cancellation of the swearing-in of the president-elect.

The group made the call in a communique signed at the end of its meeting held in Ikenne, Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The communique was jointly signed by its convener and Secretary, Tayo Onayemi and Akeem Aponmade, respectively.

It maintained that the call for the cancellation of the swearing-in resulted from the hangover of the heavy defeat suffered at the last presidential polls.

YCL advised the aggrieved individuals and groups to go and study the statutes governing the electoral process properly.

The group added, “In the interest of these ‘self-serving individuals’ and the overall interest of the nation, they desist from the reckless and provocative statements and actions that can derail the nation’s democracy.

“No one can pretend that this is the first general election that will produce a result which would be contested before an election tribunal. Were the declared winners of those elections not sworn in while the legal battles over the results of the elections were going on?

“YCL then wonders why the case of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the President-elect is different. We see pure mischief on the part of those who now advocate for a change in this established legal procedure, as provided in the electoral Act, in the middle of the game.”

On the forthcoming governorship election in Kogi State, the group said the Kogi West Senatorial district with a large number of Yoruba should be given the opportunity to produce the governor of the state.

The communique further read, “All Yoruba-loving people in and outside the country to support this worthy cause in Kogi State with all they have.

“There is a need for Yoruba in Kogi to agree to rally around a single candidate out of the three that are in the race if the struggle is to yield any fruitful result.”

The group also expressed displeasure at the rate at which the youths who are the future of the country are involved in social vices.

It called on the government and other stakeholders to save the future of the country from doom, stressing that the country needs these agile and energetic souls to build the nation.