Senator George Akume, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has refuted recent media reports suggesting he is among those eyeing the chairmanship of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Akume firmly stated that he has no interest in the role and is not in contention for the party’s top leadership position.
“To the best of our knowledge, this statement is nothing but a fabrication meant to distract the SGF from the key responsibilities that have been placed on him by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” said Yomi Odinga, his special adviser on media and publicity.
According to Odunuga, “Senator Akume is not jostling with anyone for the post of either the APC National Chairman or any other post in the party”.
He said Akume insists that his main focus is to ensure that he does not in any way betray the intrinsic trust that President Tinubu reposes in him in ensuring that the Renewed Hope Agenda of the ruling party and the government is achieved within the targeted time frame.
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Odunuga noted that while Senator Akume believes that there are qualified candidates in the North-Central to vie for the National Chairmanship position should the party decide to zone the position to the North-Central geopolitical zone, he is of the opinion that what is paramount to him is to help in fast-tracking national development in line with the government’s Renewed Hope Agenda instead of getting entangled in the politics of who becomes the National Chairman of the party.
He quoted Akume as saying: “I am not in a hurry to abdicate my responsibility and the task that the President of the Federal Republic has placed before me. I am a firm believer in the principle that whatever God plans for you will surely come to pass.So I can’t be in a race that I am not interested in.
He stated that everything he had achieved in life had been given to him by the Almighty God through the help of various people, including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He dismissed claims that he was one of the prominent politicians vying for the position of APC Chairman, describing such reports as completely false. He explained that his current focus was on ensuring the realisation of the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda so that Nigerians could enjoy the true dividends of democracy they desired. He added that they were working tirelessly under the President’s supervision to deliver on these promises and remained fully committed to that mission.