The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has explained why he asked some of his surrogates to respond to questions posed to him at the Chatham House.
According to the former Lagos Governor, he adopted the delegation method “to show team-ship.”
Tinubu said:
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“Let me demonstrate here one of those philosophies and doctrines that I believe firmly in, it is team-ship, unbreakable team. To demonstrate that, I’ll assign it to my team.”
Tinubu spoke at the Chatham House lecture titled: ‘Nigeria’s 2023 elections: In conversation with Bola Ahmed Tinubu.’
At the lecture, Tinubu after his opening remarks, delegated Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai to speak on how his (Tinubu-led) government would address insecurity.
Answering questions on security El-Rufai stated that banditry, terrorism, separatism, and oil theft require a new approach including increasing the number of security operatives.
He said:
“The numbers must change and the Bola Tinubu administration already has a blueprint which is embedded in our action plan to address this. We will scale up the numbers of the armed forces. We’ll ramp up not only the numbers but the training and the equipment.”
He then asked the Director of Strategic Communication of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Aleke, to respond to the question on oil theft.
Tinubu further assigned a former Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, Wale Edun, to respond to a question on how he (Tinubu) would boost the economy if elected.
Alake, on his part, answered the question on how Tinubu plans to lift Nigerians out of poverty if elected and also curb oil theft in six months.
He said:
“The key to his policy for increasing economic growth is to enable the private sector to make the investment that will increase productivity, grow the economy, create jobs, and reduce poverty.”
Others, including the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; former Ekiti Governor, Kayode Fayemi; APC National Women’s Leader, Dr Betta Edu; also answered questions.
Also, Gbajabiamila responded to the question on the strategies of Tinubu on defence, the APC national women’s leader answered the question on healthcare delivery, and how to convert brain drain into gain for the country amongst others.
Meanwhile, speaking on education, Tinubu pledged to provide student loans and reform the Almajiri educational system practiced in northern Nigeria.
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