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Politics of Sunday, 8 January 2023

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'I won’t fight Shettima like Obasanjo fought Atiku' - Tinubu makes promise

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has promised that he and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, would have a smooth relationship if he is elected as president.

Tinubu told Nigerians that they would not experience the quarrelsome style of leadership between 1999 and 2007 in which former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his vice, Atiku Abubakar, fought in public.

He disclosed this on Friday, January 6, during a town hall meeting with the youth in Abuja organized by Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state, This Day reports.

“I and Shettima won’t abuse each other in Wuse market like Obasanjo and Atiku. I don’t want to say this but I can’t help it."

The event was attended by many chieftains of the ruling party including Governor Simon Lalong (Plateau), Governor Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano) and ex-governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole.

Tinubu promises student loans, no ASUU strike

Tinubu also made a promise to the youths, saying they would have a vital role to play in his administration, The Punch reports.

He assured them that the constant strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities will be a thing of the past. According to him, “four years will be four years."

He assured them that the constant strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities will be a thing of the past.

According to him, “four years will be four years."