Ohanaeze youths finally congratulates Tinubu, urges inclusive govt

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth
Council Worldwide has finally congratulated President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, defeated Atiku
Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party,
respectively.

Both the PDP and the LP candidates are before the
Presidential Election Tribunal seeking to upturn Tinubu’s emergence.

In a statement made available on Monday, the National
President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike said
the time of electioneering was over.

He noted that, “it was a hard fought victory; the election
shook emotions across the country and at the end of it all, Bola Ahemed Tinubu
emerged victorious. We heartily congratulate him and urge others to do same.”

The Igbo Youth President equally said proponents of an
interim government should jettison such an idea as Nigeria has to move forward
regardless of how anyone feels about the outcome of the polls.

“Those who feel aggrieved with the outcome of the election
are already before the tribunal; so the ideal thing is to allow the law to run its
course.

“So, anyone nursing the idea of an interim government should
drop it completely as it is dead on arrival,” he noted.

Okwu, whoever, urged the incoming Tinubu administration to
form an inclusive government as the only way of healing the wounds in the
country.

He said the 2023 elections divided the country more than
ever and that it was incumbent upon the Tinubu administration to seek ways of
restoring unity.

“We don’t expect a divisive government from the incoming
President; he should be a true national leader and it should reflect in his
actions and words; that is the only way the country can truly move forward,”
Okwu stressed.