Osinbajo, Saraki, Atiku, Tinubu, others in vital meeting

Last updated on September 20th, 2020 at 08:53 pm

Osinbajo, Saraki, Atiku, Tinubu, others in vital meeting
VP Yemi Osin­bajo, on Wednesday, facilitated top pioneers of the All Progres­sive Congress (APC) to a cru­cial meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The meeting, which was the first of its kind, occurred generally as President Muhammadu Bu­hari is away in Saudi Arabia on an official excursion.

The meeting, which endured around four hours, began at around 11:00am and finished at around 2.40pm.

Those in participation includ­ed Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki; Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yu­suf Lasun; Senate Leader Ali Ndume; National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal; previous VP Atiku Abubakar, a pioneer of the gathering; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; and a previous break administrator of the gathering, Chief Bisi Akande.

Others were the gathering’s Dep­uty National Chairman, Segun Oni; Chief Tony Momoh; Min­ister of Science and Technolo­gy, Ogbonnaya Onu; Imo State Deputy Governor, Eze Madu­bere; and Special Adviser to the Vice President on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu.

Saraki touched base at around 12.30pm when the meet­ing was at that point in progress.

From that point, the participants declined to converse with State House journalists.

Ojudu told correspondents that members would not give meets but rather guaranteed that the Office of the Vice President would issue an announcement later.

“The meeting was only a meeting of gathering boss. It doesn’t require that we ought to have an involved talk with you.

“In this way, you ought to permit them to go unreservedly all alone with­out being requested that come and give interviews.

“In any case, the Office of the Vice President will issue a short explanation on the meeting later.

“What we are stating is that it was only a consultative meet­ing of chose gathering pioneers on gathering matters and different issues.”

On whether the meeting was intended to address the emergency of certainty among some gathering pioneers, Ojudu said, “no, noth­ing like that.”

Osinbajo’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Public­ity, Mr. Laolu Akande subse­quently issued a two-section on the meeting.

“Select pioneers of the All Progressives Congress, APC, drawn from the gathering’s national home office, the administrative and official arms of govern­ment, had a consultative meet­ing on issues influencing the gathering and the country.

“The meeting, which held at the VP’s gathering room, was extremely valuable and re­sourceful towards accomplishing the objectives of the gathering and the legislature.”