2027: Barau urges ex-lawmakers to again Tinubu, insists on energy rotation

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Jibrin Barau, has urged former lawmakers to help the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027 to allow him totally implement his reform agenda.

Barau made the decision on Saturday on the 2026 Nationwide Summit of Former Legislators, themed “Nationwide Unity and Nation Constructing: Past 2031,” held in Abuja.

The summit was organised by the Nationwide Discussion board of Former Legislators, with the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, as convener.

An announcement launched in Abuja by Barau’s Particular Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, disclosed that the occasion was attended by former Senate Presidents Pius Anyim and Ken Nnamani, former Audio system of the Home of Representatives Patricia Eteh and Yakubu Dogara, amongst others.

Barau mentioned Tinubu must be allowed to finish two phrases in workplace consistent with the rotational precept adopted for the reason that return to democracy in 1999.

“I enchantment that we must always abide by the precept of rotation, which has introduced sanity and equality for the reason that starting of the Fourth Republic,” Barau mentioned.

“In fact, now the President, His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is in his first time period and, as famous by different audio system, let’s not reinvent the wheel.

“We’ve seen that the rotational system is working. We will enable it to work. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must be allowed to do two full phrases,” he added.

His place echoed earlier calls by the NFFL Nationwide Coordinator, Raphael Igbokwe, and different former presiding officers who urged Tinubu to finish two phrases within the curiosity of fairness and stability.

Responding to requests for the rotational precept to be embedded within the Structure, Barau pledged to ahead the proposal to the Nationwide Meeting.

“I’ll definitely try this,” he mentioned.

The Deputy Senate President burdened the significance of nationwide unity, mentorship and continuity in governance, assuring that the Nationwide Meeting was open to collaboration with the discussion board.

“The management of the Nationwide Meeting stays open to collaboration with NFFL and related our bodies. Governance doesn’t finish with tenure, and patriotism is a lifelong obligation,” he mentioned.

He counseled the discussion board for organising the summit, describing former legislators as beneficial belongings to Nigeria’s democracy.

“Former legislators occupy a novel and revered place in our nationwide life. Your expertise, institutional reminiscence and statesmanship stay invaluable nationwide belongings,” Barau mentioned.

In a communique issued on the finish of the summit, the discussion board handed a vote of confidence in President Tinubu and endorsed him as its sole candidate for the 2027 presidential election.

The movement for the adoption of the communique was moved by a former senator, Yakubu Hussaini (Kogi), and seconded by Senator Florence Ita Giwa (Cross River).