A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to face the job of rescuing Nigeria from economic hardship after his victory at the Supreme Court last Thursday.
The Supreme Court had affirmed Tinubu’s victory at the February 25, 2023 presidential election, dismissing petitions filed by Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party’s Peter Obi to challenge his emergence as President.
In a press release in Abuja on Sunday, Olawepo-Hashim explained that “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the one with the democratic mandate, has more work to do with the economy hit by its worse inflation in over twenty years, and the Nation’s currency devalued at 80% in four months of his administration at the unofficial market.”
He added that “hitting the ground running now would not be enough as he now needs to fly when needed.”
He urged Atiku and Obi to commit themselves to uniting Nigeria, rescuing the…