Sunday September 14, 2025
By TheNewsDESK |
The Southern Summit of Former Legislators, comprising the likes of ex-Senate President Ken Nnamani and ex-House of Representatives Speaker Patricia Etteh, yesterday adopted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as its sole candidate for the 2027 election.
The former legislators, who were joined at a summit in Abeokuta by another ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, said their decision was informed by the various reforms of President Tinubu, which have, in the last two years, re-engineered the economy, strengthened the currency and set the nation on the path of socio-economic recovery.
They stressed the need for state governments to key into the reforms and support the President in his efforts to birth a new nation.
The former lawmakers, in a communiqué issued at the end of the summit, said the south deserved to complete its eight-year tenure in the leadership of the country.
They particularly hailed the “innovative reforms of government, which include, among others, the establishment of regional development commissions, local government autonomy, student loans scheme and deregulation of the electricity sector, and called for greater collaboration of state governments, and support of citizens alike to be able to harvest the great potentials of these reforms.”
They former lawmakers added: “That as a body, we will always align ourselves to those things that will promote the unity, peace and prosperity of our dear country, Nigeria.
“We commend the patriotic courage of our colleagues of the Northern Caucus in calling for the South to complete their tenure of the leadership of the country.
“We affirm that it is the turn of the South to complete its tenure.
“We posit that it is in the best interest of the South and the nation that the incumbent, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, completes the tenure of the South.
“Accordingly, we adopt him as the sole candidate of the South.
“We call on the South to support the North in 2031 to take up their tenure for the leadership of our dear country.
“We call on all Nigerians to pursue this course to promote national unity and firm the foundation of nation building.”
The communique was signed by Hon. Adeyemi Oluwole; Chairman, Southern Caucus and Hon. Israel Sunny Goli, Secretary South.
