According to the Presidency, President Muhammadu Buhari is ready to welcome Tinubu to the State House as President on May 29, after he and the President-elect exchanged Sallah pleasantries in a phone call marking the end of the Ramadan fast on Friday.
A statement signed by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu on Friday says “Both leaders thanked God Almighty for seeing this day and prayed for the stability and the wellbeing of the nation.”
In the statement titled ‘President Buhari, Tinubu exchange Sallah greetings,’ Shehu revealed that Buhari expressed his readiness to welcome Tinubu to the State House as President on May 29.
The call came hours before Buhari begged the pardon of Nigerians hurt by his policy.
“I think this is a very good coincidence for me to say goodbye to you and thank you for tolerating me for more than seven and a half years.
“I honestly consider myself very lucky; I was made a governor, minister of petroleum, head of state in uniform, then after three attempts, God, through technology and PVC, I became president. I think God has given me an incredible opportunity to serve as your president. And I thank God for that.
“So, please, whoever feels I have done wrong to them, we are all humans. There is no doubt I hurt some people and I wish you will pardon me. And those that think that I have hurt them so much, please pardon me,” said the president.
