Femi Pedro, a former deputy governor of Lagos State, has assured that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of All Progressives Congress (APC) would approve more funding for states and local government councils, if elected as president in 2023.
He said this on Thursday in Abuja at the APC Professionals’ Forum one day symposium with the theme: “Dissenting the Asiwaju Manifesto, Renewed Hope 2023, Action Plan for a Better Nigeria.
Mr Pedro, who was one of the lead panellists at the event, also said that Mr Tinubu would promote more robust governance at the state and local government levels.
He described Mr Tinubu as a leader with profound knowledge of the workings of the country’s national economy, saying that he was the architect of the modern Lagos State economic revolution.
Mr Pedro added that much of the economic blueprints in the Tinubu 2023 manifesto aptly captured his philosophy and aspiration for the transformation of the Nigerian economy.
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