City Boy Progressive Group has lauded the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) for rescinding its decision not to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the vexed Muslim-Muslim ticket.
Our sister publication, LEADERSHIP, had in Thursday reported that Christian leaders under CAN had ecided to reconsider their stance on the issue of Muslim- Muslim ticket and may have Tinubu the benefit of doubt ahead of the 2023 polls.
The APC presidential candidate had on Wednesday met with the leadership of CAN where he was given a document containing the demands of the Christian leaders.
At the roundtable, Tinubu had assured them that he would not run his administration on the basis of religion if elected as president.
Reacting to Wednesday’s meeting between the two parties, the Abuja coordinator of City Boy Progressive Group, Pastor Olanrewaju Omolayo, commended CAN for softening it’s stance.
Omolayo said it showed that the CAN leadership has shifted from their previous stance of not supporting the same faith ticket.
He said, “I want to seize this opportunity to appreciate CAN for their new position concerning the political atmosphere of this country. They had a meeting with the presidential candidate some days ago and presented him with some demands of issues to tackle. It is a sign that they have shifted from their previous stance that they won’t assent to the contentious Muslim-Muslim ticket.
“I appreciate and encourage them. I am a pastor too to the glory of God and I assure you that the Asiwaju we all know is not a religious bigot. What Nigeria needs now is who can fix the country. Asiwaju fixed Lagos. I came to Lagos in 1971 and left the state in 1994. I know what it was then and what it has become now. I want to encourage Nigerians to look beyond religion in choosing our leaders. I want to praise CAN again for taking a new position to give all the presidential candidates running for 2023 a level playing field.”
Also, director general of the group, Mercy Williams, boasted that Tinubu would defeat his political opponents at the February 25 presidential poll.
She said, “I so much love his personality. Even as governor of Lagos, he seemed to have a solution to virtually every problem in the state. He has paid his mark.
“This is why I am sure the odds favour the APC candidate as evidenced in the campaign conducted by all candidates so far. I am quite confident that he will become Nigeria’s next president.”
