Rising from Tuesday’s meeting in Abuja the National Council of State has passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu’s government and also frowned at any unconstitutional change of governance.
The meetings of the former heads of state, presidents and current political leadership was coming on the heels nationwide protests against increasing cost of living and economic hardships.
Those who attended the meeting physically were former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari, while former Heads of State, Generals Gowon Yakubu and Abdulsalami Abubakar joined the meeting virtually.
State governors, some deputy governors, Ministers, former Chief Justices of the Federation, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the National Security Adviser were among those who attended the meeting.
Briefing State House Correspondents shortly after the meeting, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq of Kwara State, said the Council commended the President for policy decisions he has taken since assuming office.
He said at a separate executive meeting between the Governors and President Tinubu after the National Council of State meeting, the governors also passed a vote of confidence in the President.
The Council received a report from the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu on the security situation in the country and a preliminary report on the recent protests.
The Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, who joined the Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq to brief State House Correspondents after the council meeting said the protests was viewed as a disguised attempt at disrupting the activities of the current administration.
“The council thanked Nigerians at large for resisting any unconstitutional move to change government,” Alake said.
