Prioritise Competence, Integrity, Ebute Urges Tinubu

Third Republic president of the senate and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ameh Ebute, has advised president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to prioritise competence, track records of service as well as integrity in the formation of his cabinet.

Ebute, who gave the advice in response to questions at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja yesterday, added that Nigerians were lucky to have voted Tinubu as their next president.

The former pro-chancellor and  chairman of the  Governing Council of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Ebute said he knew Tinubu to be a result oriented politician who always put square pegs in square holes, hence the certainty of bringing fertile minds as his consummate team is not in doubt.

Ebute expressed belief in the determination and willingness of  Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu to reform agriculture and solid minerals  to minimise emphasis and over dependence on oil as the major source of revenue, adding that security of lives  and property of all would also be uppermost in his renewed hope of governance.

Ebute, however, appealed to

Nigerians to encourage the  incoming administration with prayers and unflinching support to enable it deliver on mandate and provide dividends of democracy which will guarantee unhindered unity and development of the country.

The two-time senator also advised the president-elect to  be weary of double faced individuals who specialise in rumour mongering and have positioned  themselves as friends to be feeding him with half baked truth and  unreliable information aimed at pulling  down supposed developmental ideas that could be of help to his government but not accessible to him.

He prayed to God to  give him the needed wisdom, sound health, virile mind  and enablement  to pilot the affairs of Nigeria to an enviable heights that generation even yet unborn will be proud of  to the glory of God.