Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, in Abuja, felicitated the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, for emerging the winner of the February 25 presidential election.
Osinbajo described the President-elect as a bridge builder, whose immediate assignment was to reach out to aggrieved sections of the electorate and to meet the expectations of the youth.
According to a statement on Wednesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo said this when he joined other dignitaries at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, where Tinubu received his Certificate of Return from the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
The statement was titled ‘Osinbajo to Tinubu: Your attributes, fidelity to progressive ideals needed at this time.’
The VP said, “I warmly congratulate the flagbearer of our great party, the All Progressives Congress, His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on his victory at the 2023 presidential elections, and his declaration as the President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“I also congratulate His Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima on his declaration as Vice President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
Addressing the President-elect, Osinbajo said, “In your previous years of public service, you have demonstrated a consistent fidelity to progressive and welfarist ideals, and an ability to build bridges across several divides.
“These attributes are needed especially at this time, to reach out to disaffected sections of our society and to meet the aspirational expectations of our young people who have shown such a strong desire to impact our democratic process in a positive way.
“I trust that they will not allow whatever setbacks they may have experienced to truncate their strong desire to determine the future course of our national journey.”
He said through thick and thin, Nigerians must remain focused on the objective of birthing the Nigeria of their dreams.
