Council of State has passed a vote of confidence in administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Gatekeepers News reports that the council held a meeting which is the first since Tinubu assumed office at State House on Tuesday in Abuja.
Council of State which includes former presidents and heads of state, is an organ of federal government saddled with advising the executive on policymaking.
Former presidents, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari were present at the meeting physically, while former heads of state, Yakubu Gowon and Abdulsalami Abubakar joined virtually.
Minister of solid minerals, Dele Alake while speaking with journalists at the end of the meeting, revealed that national security adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu presented security situation of the country.
The minister said Ribadu briefed the council about events surrounding the just concluded #EndBadGovernance protests.
He noted that the council commended Nigerians for “resisting any unconstitutional move to change government” during the protests.
Alake said, “Of course, at the end of it, matters of state were discussed in a robust and frank manner. And the national security adviser was also on hand to present the security situation of the country.”
“The national security adviser was also on hand to present the security situation of the country. And he did inform the council of state about the pre, during, and post-event of the last protests, which I do not call a protest.”
“I call it a movement to effect a change of regime by force, which was also resisted.
“The council thanked Nigerians at large for resisting any unconstitutional move to change the government; if anybody is not satisfied with the government, there is always an election coming, so you wait for the election and cast your vote.”
“So the NSA briefed the Council on the security situations and allayed fears all round.”
“So after the NSA’s briefing, generally, he allayed everybody’s fears and spoke on the tightness of the security around the country, and also reassured all and sundry that nobody will be allowed to truncate our hard-earned democracy.”
“Any change of government has to be through the ballots and not through the barrel of the gun or through insurrection or through any other unconstitutional means; only through the ballot box can any government be changed.”
“He reassured the readiness of all security agencies in the country to secure our territorial integrity and to protect Nigeria’s democracy.”
