{"id":60172,"date":"2025-01-29T21:23:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T21:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=60172"},"modified":"2025-01-29T21:23:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T21:23:40","slug":"why-i-dont-visit-tinubu-often-akande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/29\/why-i-dont-visit-tinubu-often-akande\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Don\u2019t Visit Tinubu Often \u2013Akande"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Patrick Idowu\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former interim chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, has explained why he does not frequently visit President Bola Tinubu despite occasionally traveling to Abuja.<\/p>\n

In an interview with journalist Edmund Obilo, monitored on YouTube, Akande recounted his longstanding relationship with Tinubu and his satisfaction with the president\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy goal was for a Yoruba man to become president, and my choice was Tinubu. After he won, I was happy and returned to my village in Ila, Osun State,\u201d Akande said.<\/p>\n

He revealed that Tinubu, during a conversation from France, expressed concern over his absence in Abuja.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he returned, I met him, and he said, \u2018Baba, you asked me to run, I did, and became president, but now you are running away.\u2019 It\u2019s true! I went back to my village because I don\u2019t want to be a minister or take any other position,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

On whether he offers advice to the president, Akande dismissed the idea, saying, \u201cHow and where would I do that? Would I take the place of his wife in his bedroom? He is already in office; I won\u2019t interfere.\u201d<\/p>\n

He acknowledged the immense responsibilities of the presidency and expressed confidence in Tinubu\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Nigeria\u2019s economic challenges, Akande attributed the country\u2019s struggles to debts inherited from previous administrations but maintained that stability was gradually returning.<\/p>\n

\u201cNigeria was almost gone with the rate at which the past government was borrowing. But peace is coming, and the economy is becoming more stable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

However, his remarks on hunger in the country sparked controversy. Dismissing concerns, he argued that hard work could alleviate hardship.<\/p>\n

\u201cCome to my compound, and I will give you plenty of tomatoes. If you\u2019re lazy in Nigeria, you\u2019ll be hungry. Just plant a seed of corn, and in three months, you\u2019ll harvest a thousand,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

His comments have drawn mixed reactions, with some agreeing on the need for self-sufficiency while others criticized his stance as dismissive of the economic struggles many Nigerians face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Patrick Idowu\u00a0 Former interim chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, has explained why he does not frequently visit President Bola Tinubu despite occasionally traveling to Abuja. In an interview with journalist Edmund Obilo, monitored on YouTube, Akande recounted his longstanding relationship with Tinubu and his satisfaction with the president\u2019s leadership. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":60173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-60172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60174,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60172\/revisions\/60174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}