The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, says Nigeria is too big to be administered by a neophyte.

Speaking when members of the South West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA) paid him a congratulatory visit at the national secretariat in Abuja, he maintained that the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has the wherewithal to administer the country.

Ganduje who did not mention the names of inexperienced presidential candidates of opposition political parties that jostled for the exalted seat of the presidency in the recently held general elections, referred to Tinubu’s antecedents as Lagos state governor to buttress his assertions.

The term governor of Kano State assured that the President Tinubu led administration would live up to the expectations of supporters of the APC in repositioning the country to achieve greatness.

Ganduje, who applauded SWAGA over the role they played in drumming up support for Tinubu, remarked that he did not regret his support for Tinubu long before the runoff to the APC presidential election in 2022.

“Just like SWAGA, some of us started it in the heart. I believed that our principal is the right man we have been yearning for to mount the leadership of the country. He has succeeded in doing that before now.

“You have to assess people from where they are coming from, you have to look at their C.V, their disposition towards leadership, and not just support people from the blues.

“Nigeria is too big for that. Asiwaju is a man of institutions, and a man known for developing institutions. That is why we have sustainability in Lagos State. Lagos State is sustainable not because he was governor for 20 years but because he laid the foundation for sustainability.

“Lagos today is one of the greatest states in Nigeria and Africa. We supported him because we want a mirror image of that kind of sustainability for Nigeria. Asiwaju is equal to the task.

“He will reform the system, the economy, the institutions and address all the social economic issues to take Nigeria to the next level. We believe he would make a big mark of change in Nigeria.”

Sen Dayo Adeyeye, who heads a team of top notchers of SWAGA, described Ganduje as an uncommon loyalist of President Tinubu who would surely reposition the party to achieve greatness.

The group, drawn from all fields of human endeavour, pledged to support Ganduje and the Tinubu-led administration to delivering his campaign promises to Nigerians.