Council of State passes vote of confidence in Tinubu as protest, economy top agenda
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday presided over the National Council of State meeting at the state house with past Nigerian leaders attending in person and virtual.
The Council which is the first under the current administration, had at the top of their agenda issues of the recent protests and economic challenges.
The meeting was attended by former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari while the former Head of State, Abdusalami Abubakar and Yakubu Gowon attended online.
Others in attendance were 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.
However, Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and former military president Ibrahim Babangida were not present at the Tuesday meeting.
The National Council of State reacting to the recent #EndBadGovernance Protests frowned at the call by some sections of the protesters for the resignation of President Bola Tinubu.
The council also passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu over his “achievements” in the last year since he assumed office, insisted that any change in government in Nigeria must follow constitutional procedures.
And 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.
