- Akume particularly asked former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to kill the thought of occupying the presidential villa in 2027
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, has ruled out the possibility of a Nigerian from the northern part of the country becoming president in 2027.
He implored northern political gladiators planning to vie for the 2027 presidency to shelve their ambition.
Speaking during a chat with TVC, Akume asked them to wait till 2031 when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would have completed his second term.
Akume particularly asked former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to kill the thought of occupying the presidential villa in 2027.
He said Atiku will become president, even at the age of 90,if he is destined to be, but insisted that it is still the turn of the South to produce a president in 2027.
The SGF, a former governor of Benue State, said President Tinubu has not lost goodwill among Nigerians as a result of tax reform bills and other strategic economic decisions taken within the last 17 months of his administration, and expressed optimism that the president would run Nigeria for 8 years.
He defended the tax reform bills as well-envisioned proposed legislations that would help the country when passed by the National Assembly.
He said, “President Tinubu as a southerner, should be allowed to have a second term, meaning that those eyeing the Presidency from the North in 2027 should look beyond that year by waiting till 2031.
“If it is the will of God for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to be President of Nigeria, even at the age of 90 years, he can get it. But he and other northerners eyeing the office now should look beyond 2027.”
Akume appealed to Nigerians to allow the bills to scale through the required legislative processes, saying, “They are well-envisioned for Nigeria and Nigerians.”
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