Makinde visits Tinubu at Aso Rock

Governor Seyi Makinde visited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Thursday. The governor, who has been in the news in recent times over his criticism of some persons around the president, got to the Presidential Villa some minute past 3pm. Makinde had accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of fueling […]

Governor Seyi Makinde visited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Thursday.

The governor, who has been in the news in recent times over his criticism of some persons around the president, got to the Presidential Villa some minute past 3pm.

Makinde had accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of fueling the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party , PDP.

He had said at a meeting with Tinubu and some key government officials, Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, had promised to hold the PDP down for Tinubu.

He also alleged that Tinubu rejected the nominee that he recommended for ministerial appointment.

“When the President said nominate somebody who may be appointed as a minister, I said, ‘Sir, what position do you want to give us?’ Then he said that we are looking for developmental economists who can be ministers of budget and economic planning.

“I looked for the best, and I sent somebody’s name who is a state indigene, and I said it to him. The individual wasn’t selected. Rather, they selected the current minister of power. He wasn’t taken into the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning. He was taken to the Ministry of Power,” said Makinde.

He added that the President revisited the topic when he (Makinde) went to the President to seek approval for the upgrade of the Ibadan airport.

“A subsequent meeting with the President, actually, I think I must have gone to him to seek approval for the upgrade of Ibadan airport. He said, ‘I will sign it for you; I’ll give you my nod. But sit down. What’s happening politically? I heard you’re upset because your nominee was not given the ministerial slot.’

“I said, sir, in Yoruba land, if you don’t want the pregnancy to be aborted, you won’t want the baby to die, because it’s easier to abort a pregnancy than to kill a baby. I said you will decide at the end of the day who you want to work with. We can only suggest people, but if it’s about the kind of individual you want in your cabinet, we are just here to support you,” Makinde added.

But, on Thursday, the governor met the president behind closed doors.

The meeting held after one which Tinubu earlier held with Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State.

The two governors refused to speak with State House correspondents after the meeting.