Presidency: Your Turn Comes In 2031 – Akume Tells Northerners
By Juliet Vincent
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF) Senator George Akume, says the turn for northerners aspiring for the presidency comes in 2031.
He made the remarks while featuring on the Politics on Sunday programme of Television Continental.
According to him, those eyeing the presidency should wait till 2031, when President, Bola Tinubu must have finished his second term.
“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,” the SGF said.
Akume 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.
He appealed to Nigerians to allow the bills to scale through required legislative processes stating that the bills were well envisioned for Nigerians.
Akume noted that the Tax Reform Bills as well-envisioned laws that would take the country out of the woods when fully considered and passed by the National Assembly.
He said: “It is very easy to destroy but difficult to build, the various reforms being rolled out are meant to rebuild the destroyed Nigeria by previous administrations. Very soon, Nigerians will start seeing results from the reforms being carried out.”
