Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied rumors that he intends to transfer the nation’s Federal Capital Territory, FCT, from Abuja to Lagos.
The APC candidate accused the opposition of conducting a desperate campaign of lies against him.
Tinubu, according to Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council PCC, stated that, unlike the Peoples Democratic Party PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar, he (Tinubu) does not want to sell the Nigerian National Petroleum Company NNPC Limited to his friends.
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According to him, the latest insidious campaign in some parts of the country against him is the handiwork of the PDP and Labour Party.
“After exhausting their arsenal of calumnies and character assassination against Tinubu, the opposition PDP and their surrogate Labour Party have begun a multi-pronged desperate campaign of falsehoods.
“In one of the falsehoods being circulated, especially in the North West of the country, Tinubu is said to harbour plans to relocate the Federal Capital from Abuja to Lagos on succeeding President Muhammad Buhari from 29th May, 2023”, he stated.
According to him, the misinformation campaign, according to field reports, is being given some traction by some elders on the payroll of the PDP.
“We are shocked that some people could contrive such egregious lie, all in the name of politics, with the intention to confuse our burgeoning support base in that part of the country.
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“Let us say with emphasis, that Asiwaju does not contemplate any such plan and will not do anything that is so ultra-unconstitutional.
“The same purveyors of falsehood have also been distorting the commercialization of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited by the APC government of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“The truth is that President Buhari has not privatised NNPC as planned by the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Buhari has instead made it a commercial entity, owned by all the tiers of government, in line with the Petroleum Industry Act”, he stated.
Tinubu stated that the business will eventually be able to declare and distribute dividends to all of its shareholders, as Aramco of Saudi Arabia and Petrobas of Brazil do.
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“As the destined successor of President Buhari, Asiwaju Tinubu will continue the policy of the Buhari administration. Unlike Atiku, Tinubu has no plan to sell NNPC to his friends or cronies”, he added.
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