BAT in a Meeting With Senators

 

The APC caucus in the Senate led by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan is at this moment meeting with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who has come to consult with the Senators on his ambition. The meeting is taking place at the Senate wing of the National Assembly.

Tinubu who was at the meeting to announce his ambition for his 2023 presidential bid, as the incoming President noted that the Party leadership is not decided yet 

Tinubu in his words ” I told Mr President that my ambition is not blind to the extent that I will step on his toes. I just want to step into his shoes and not on his toes want to step into his shoes and not on his toes.

“I came for your counsel, partnership, and support. I believe that you can back me for my lifetime ambition”

“You have shown unusual leadership since you assume the leadership of the National Assembly. – Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to Senate President Ahmad Lawan”

“I want to beg you to look at my capacity and my experience. I am perhaps the only one who has been in the Senate, who has been a governor and aspiring to become President”

“Someone ran to me, telling me that  he wanted to become the party leader, I told the person that the party leadership is not decided yet”

“I want to beg you to look at my capacity and my experience. I am perhaps the only one who has been in the Senate, who has been a governor and aspiring to become President”

response to Tinubu’s statement, the senate President Ahmed Lawan said 

“Your Excellency, all of us know who you are. But this is just an effort to have a face to face meeting with us”

“The APC Caucus in the Senate is the central pillar of the party. From 2019 when we were voted in, this APC caucus has remained true to the ideals of our party”


“2023 is going to be defined by what we do between now and then and what we have done between 2015 and now. That means we have to remain focused as an administration and United as a party”

“We are 70 (APC Senators) in the Senate and we are expecting two or three more by the end of the month”

“You have done so much as a governor. You were a member of this National Assembly and a member of this special legislative organization”


“Between 2019 to date, in both chambers of the National Assembly. We have almost exhausted the main focus of our legislative agenda”


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