I’m not aware of South-West speakers’ meeting – Ekiti Speaker
Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti
The Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Funminiyi Afuye, said on Friday that he was not aware of any meeting of the speakers in the South-West geopolitical zone where they expressed their support for the rumoured 2023 presidential ambition of former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Report said the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, convened the meeting, held in Ibadan.
In an interview with Saturday PUNCH, Afuye said, “I’m not aware of any meeting, neither was I invited to any such meeting. I can therefore not speak to any meeting I’m not privy or invited to.”
The presidential bid of the National Leader of All Progressives Congress Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has received a boost as former and current Speakers of State Houses of Assembly in the South-west Thursday drummed support for his 2023 presidential quest.
The former and current top lawmakers in the zone gathered at Carlton Gate Xclusive Hotel, Ibadan, on Wednesday and Thursday for a strategic meeting convened by Lagos Speaker Mudashiru Obasa.
At the meeting where they agreed on some far-reaching resolutions on how to actualise the presidential aspiration of Tinubu, Speaker Obasa formally introduced the Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) Foundation and Movement, a campaign platform created for the purpose of mobilising for Tinubu’s presidential ambition.
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The rumoured ambition of former Lagos State governor, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to run for the office of the President in 2023 is gradually becoming a reality as current and former speakers of houses of assembly in the South-West have thrown their weight behind the aspiration.
At a meeting in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Wednesday, the speakers gave their full endorsement to the rumoured presidential bid of the national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as worthy and crucial against the current socio-political realities of the country.
The meeting which was convened by the Speaker of Lagos House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, was held at Carlton Gate Exclusive Hotel, Ibadan, and attended by 20 current and past speakers of states’ houses of assembly in the South-West.