THE presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has explained that he adopted the delegation method “to show team-ship” by delegated some members of the party on his entourage to Chatham House in the United Kingdom (UK) to respond to questions posed to him.
Tinubu, who spoke at the Chatham House lecture, titled, Nigeria’s 2023 elections: In conversation with Bola Ahmed Tinubu, after his opening remarks, was asked some questions by those in attendance and he replied: “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.”
He subsequently assigned Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai to speak on how his (Tinubu-led) government would address insecurity and Director of Strategic Communication of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (APCPCC), Dele Alake, to respond to the question on oil theft.
Tinubu also delegated 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.
Others, including Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; former Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi and APC National Women’s Leader, Betta Edu to answered questions.
On education, El-Rufai re-echoed Tinubu’s promise to provide student loans and reform the Almajiri educational system practised in northern Nigeria, saying: “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.”
Alake, answering the question on how Tinubu plans to lift Nigerians out of poverty if elected and also curb oil theft in six months, 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.”
