The Federal Government has called on Nigerians who are dissatisfied with Chief Bola Tinubu’s administration to wait until the 2027 general elections to express their preferences through the ballot.
This appeal was made by Dele Alake, the Minister of Solid Minerals, following the inaugural Council of State meeting chaired by Tinubu.
Addressing State House Correspondents after the meeting, Alake emphasized the government’s commitment to democratic processes, stating that any change in government must occur through elections rather than violence or insurrection.
Alake commended Nigerians for their resistance to recent attempts to change the government unconstitutionally. He assured the public that security agencies are fully prepared to safeguard the nation’s territorial integrity and uphold democracy.
He stated, “Matters of State were discussed in a robust manner and the National Security Adviser was on hand to present the security situation of the country and he did inform the Council of State about the Pre, during and post events of the last protest which I do not call a protest.
“I call it a movement to effect a change of regime by force which was also resisted. The council thanked Nigerians at large for resisting an unconstitutional move to change government. If anybody is not satisfied with the government, the current administration, there is always an election coming, so you wait for election and cast your vote.
“The NSA brief the council on the security situation and laid bare… So after the NSA briefing, he allayed everybody’s fears and spoke on the tightness of the security around the country and also re assured all that nobody will be allowed to truncate our hard earned democracy.
“Any change of government has to be through the ballot and not through the barrel of the gun, or through insurrection or through any other unconstitutional means, only through the ballot box can any government be changed and re assured on the security readiness of all security agencies in the country to secure our territorial integrity and to protect Nigerians democracy,” he added.
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