The Minister For Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
Dr. Edu said the Tribunal’s affirmation of Tinubu as the duly elected President of Nigeria was a re-validation of the love Nigerians have for him and a reaffirmation of the popular mandate they bestowed on him on February 25th, 2023.
“Let me on behalf of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation congratulate Mr. President and Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu for his well-deserved election tribunal victory.
“As the then National Women Leader of our great party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, I joined Mr President to campaign across the 36 states and Abuja and I know how Nigerians accepted his Renewed Hope Agenda. He will not fail Nigerians,” She said
According to her, the victory is a double one as he marks 100 days of exceptional leadership in Nigeria, noting that the victory is deserving, and proper.
The Minister emphasised that it reaffirmed and re-validated the love Nigerians have for the President which they demonstrated in February with the overwhelming and popular mandate they bestowed on him.
Dr. Edu urged the defeated petitioners to place love for the country above sentiments and partisan strivings, accept the tribunal’s verdict with utmost equanimity and support the President in his efforts to build a better country.
“Now that the Court has spoken overwhelmingly, the petitioners should join Mr. President to alleviate poverty and renew the hopes of millions of Nigerians which will help to reduce the Humanitarian crisis across the Country.
“Let me use this medium to appeal to my brothers who lost at the polls and also at the tribunal to place love for the country above politics and sentiments and join hands with the president to build a greater country,” she stated.
The Minister said; “We have no other country except Nigeria and we all, irrespective of party affiliation, religion, or tribe owe it a duty to make our country work.”
Mercy Chukwudiebere
