President Tinubu Dismisses One-Party Agenda, Advises Opposition to Reform
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has firmly dismissed concerns that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is steering Nigeria toward a one-party state, calling such fears "unfounded" and "rooted in panic, not fact." The statement was contained in the President’s speech on Thursday while addressing the joint session of the National Assembly in commemoration of Democracy Day. President Tinubu assured Nigerians that the ruling party has no intention of undermining the nation’s multiparty democracy. "At no time in the past, nor at any instance in the present, and at no future juncture shall I view the notion of a one-party state as good for Nigeria," he said. Tinubu pointed to his own political history as evidence of his commitment to pluralism, recalling his tenure as the last standing progressive governor in his region during the 2003 political cycle, when the then-dominant party attempted to suppress opposition voices. "Even with all the odds against ...