The launching of Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s manifesto by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, Oct 21 will undoubtedly make history. This manifesto this time around will be the genuine one unlike the one that was in circulation in June. This was announced in a statement released by Gboyega Akosile, Chief Press Secretary to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos state Governor. Akosile further said the President will also use the opportunity to formally commission the party’s Presidential Campaign Council.
Bayo Onanuga, spokesman of the campaign organisation, said concerning the one that was published in June by the Nigerian media and which was widely circulated on social media, that the document was “merely a draft proposal and suggestions on the programmes he (Tinubu) should implement, when elected in February 2023.”
“I want to place it on record that the manifesto being circulated via social media platforms and already published by a section of the mainstream media, is not the official manifesto of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and All Progressives Congress for the 2023 general election,” Onanuga had said. While our presidential candidate appreciates the spirit and efforts of his associates that produced the document being passed around mostly on WhatsApp, we want to clearly state that the document is an unofficial document and Tinubu cannot be held accountable on any of the issues raised in the document. The presidential candidate and APC are currently working on an all-embracing manifesto that will inspire the confidence of Nigerians.”
