2023: I’m Marketable, So I Don’t Do Live Interviews – Tinubu

The APC presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said Monday he is a marketable person.

Affectionately known as Jagavan, he has pledged to provide student loans at various institutions if he wins the 2023 election.

The former Lagos governor explained this in a Chatham House show titled His 2023 Elections in Nigeria.
Conversing with Bola Ahmed Tinubu, whom the Vanguard monitors on Twitter.

APC’s presidential candidates took the time to debate and offer solutions to the national problems plaguing the country.

In the exchange, Tinubu gave his reasons for not doing his one-on-one interview with the Nigerian. In his words, “I consider myself a marketable person. They want to use me to make money, but I declined.”

Recall that Nigerians have questioned and denounced Tinubu’s alleged refusal to allow live interviews like his two main opponents in the PDP and Labor Party .

In response, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Election Council of the All Progressive Council, APC Chief Spokesperson Festus Keyamo and Campaign Council Deputy Director of Public Affairs Kehinde Bamigbetan said that Tinubu said no hesitation. From his live interview, he adds: “The campaign has not yet started. Kehinde Bamigbetan said live interviews are a strategy of Tinubu’s adversaries and that strategy cannot be forced or imposed on Tinubu.

But on education, Tinubu said his government would provide loans to Nigerian students and reform his Almagiri system in the north. The APC presidential candidate also pledged to build more schools in the country and hire/train teachers.

Talking about voting in the diaspora, Mr Tinubu said “their right to vote should not be suspended”.

On health, Tinubu said he would convert Brain drain to brain gain. He noted that his administration would manufacture drugs and stop importation of drugs in Nigeria.

However, clarifies his age/identity imbroglio, Tinubu said he was born on March 29, 1952. He noted that his records are there for people to see.

“I was born March 29, 1952, that’s my family record. The record is there. The transcript is there. I am Tinubu, if they require a DNA they should speak.  There is one presidential candidate whose national identity is questionable but I did not go into that. Chicago has attested that I graduated from the school .  Mobile oil has attested that I worked with them. Make sure you are upright”, he said.