Ahead of the May 29 swearing in of the President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, an interfaith prayer and thanksgiving session has been organized by an All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart and other stakeholders in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Daily Trust gathered that the prayer session was organized by Dr. Abisoye Fagade, a former gubernatorial aspirant of the APC in Oyo state, and the coordinator of Oyo Si Maa Dun (OSMD) Network; an independent support organization established for the purpose of mobilizing other stakeholders for the realization of Tinubu’s Presidential Campaign Project across the state and beyond.
During the prayer session, Fagade assured citizens that Nigeria would live up to expectations as the giant of Africa under the incoming administration of the President-Elect; which is due for inauguration later this month.
He also described the emergence of Tinubu as the will of God “and an indication that it was time for the country to fulfill her destiny as a land blessed with milk and honey.”
He said, “Shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari got sworn in in 2015, we realized Nigeria would need a strong character from the South to succeed him in 2023 and the name Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu readily began to resonate and what informed this was his track record, character and capacity as a tested and trusted all-round leader and administrator.
“In 2020, we started putting all necessary machineries in place to prevail on the man (Asiwaju) to throw his hat into the ring and, like a true patriotic leader and democrat, he accepted to take up the gauntlet. As expected, the journey was rough as we encountered many challenges but in the end, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, won a popular mandate to lead the most populous black nation in the world by defeating presidential candidates of all other political parties in the February 25 poll.
“As a major stakeholder in the Tinubu Project, Oyo-Si-Maa-Dun (OSMD) Network led from the front in the task of sensitizing, mobilizing and motivating all relevant stakeholders to key into the Project. And today, we gather here to appreciate some of the key people who played one role or the other in the efforts that yielded victory for the President-elect particularly in Oyo state.
“Basically, we are here today to offer our unique thanks to God almighty and also appreciate some key partners with whom we ran a successful Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign in Oyo state. We also included in our program for the day an Inter-faith Prayer session aimed at seeking the face of God as the whole world awaits the successful inauguration and take-off of a new APC government of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.” Fagade said.
APC stalwarts who graced the prayer session includes former Oyo APC chairman; Chief Akin Oke, Alhaja Tinuade Adigun, Dr. Joshua Oyebamiji, Olawale Sadare, Hon. Afeez Bolaji Repete, Comrade John Aremu, Mrs Funke Akinpelu, Comrade Sikiru Akinola, Mr. Akinyinka Akinwale and Alhaja Folasade Adesanya.
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