APC gubernatorial flag bearer in the last Edo State election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has sent congratulatory message to Nigeria’s president elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

In his congratulatory message, the APC chieftain said Tinubu’s courage is needed at a time when Nigeria is facing many problems and healing.

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CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ELECTION AS THE 16TH PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

“I send you warm congratulations and good wishes on the occasion of your well deserved election as President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We give God the glory for your victory and for the peaceful nature of the election. Having traversed the length and breadth of this country during the campaigns, the electorate overwhelmingly accepted your message of Renewed Hope and deemed you fit as their next leader.

“This electoral victory which makes you the sixteenth President of our beloved nation, comes at a time that we are in dire need of exemplary, strong-willed, strategic, directional, democratic, transformational, and reformatory leadership in every facet. Healing is most needed across the nook and cranny of our motherland as the gulf created by tribe, region and religion have tremendously widened in recent times.

“Nevertheless, our challenges are not insurmountable. The courageous leadership you have provided over the years is most required at this promising moment in our collective history. In you there is renewed confidence that a better course can be charted for our future.

“Your Excellency, in years past, many of us have had the privilege to enjoy friendly and productive ties with you underscored by several shared ideals for a prosperous society. We bear witness to how much you have given this nation and how grounded you have stuck to the politics of inclusiveness. We are confident that God has prepared you for the task ahead, as such, you will not fail.

“Consequently, be assured of our constant prayers and good wishes as you prepare to take up this new and immense responsibility.

“I wish to thank all Nigerians for this victory, especially the leadership and members of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Director-General and members of the APC Presidential Campaign Council as well as the Progressive Governors’ Forum for their unshakable support which has led to this monumental victory.