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Church Or Mosque, Your Faith Won’t Determine Your Place In My Government – Tinubu

The Nigeria President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) who was declared winner…

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President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

The Nigeria President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) who was declared winner of the just concluded presidential election through a Muslim-Muslim ticket has assured that his government will assemble compete men and women from different faith.

VerseNews Nigeria understands that Nigeria as a multi-religious country draws men and women from different faith fighting for government seat at both state and federal level.

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In a statement made available to this Online News Media on Thursday March 16, Tinubu his government will focus on national competence and character without giving consideration to religious sentiments.

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The statement tilled ‘Nigeria: At the Cusp of Renewed Hope’ partly reads; “As your incoming president, I accept the task before me. There have been talks of a government of national unity. My aim is higher than that. I seek a government of national competence. In selecting my government, I shall not be weighed down by considerations extraneous to ability and performance.

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“The day for political gamesmanship is long gone. I shall assemble competent men and women and young people from across Nigeria to build a safer, more prosperous and just Nigeria. There shall be young people. Women shall be prominent. Whether your faith leads you to pray in a church or mosque will not determine your place in government. Character and competence will.’’

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