A Chicago-based Agriculturalist, Otunba Yomi Akingbade has congratulated President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Alhaji Kasim Shettima, Vice President-Elect, on their electoral victory and thanked Nigerians for having confidence in Tinubu and Shettima.
Akingbade in a statement on Tuesday in Warri, Delta State urged Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party PDP and Mr. Peter Obi, Presidential candidate of Labour Party LP, to sheathe their sword and join the President-Elect, Tinubu for nation building and development of the country.
He expressed hope that Nigeria populace and farmers would benefit bountifully from the agricultural policy to be initiated by the Tinubu’s government.
Akingbade, a chieftain of All Progresives Congress APC in Ondo State, said Nigerians should be appreciated for electing Tinubu as President and Shettima as Vice President respectively.
The businessman said the Tinubu and Shettima”s victory on February 25th Presidential election was divine, adding that Tinubu’s incoming government will bring prosperity and growth to the country.
He pointed that Tinubu’s agricultural policy will ensure food security and employment for the populace and particularly the youth.
Akingbade said, “As a farmer and agriculturalist, I want to believe that the agricultural sector has not been given adequate or much attention by the Federal Government, and this is one area we want the President-Elect, Tinubu to focus on to exploit and harness the socio-economic potentials in the agric sector.”
He also called on farmers in the country, particularly the All Farmers Association of Nigeria AFAN to strongly collaborate and work with Tinubu to give proper attention to agric sector.
