{"id":18164,"date":"2024-03-28T12:10:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T12:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=18164"},"modified":"2024-03-28T12:10:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T12:10:51","slug":"tinubu-congratulates-bassirou-faye-on-senegals-projected-election-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=18164","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Congratulates Bassirou Faye On Senegal&#8217;s Projected Election Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">President Bola Tinubu has extended congratulations to Bassirou Faye on his projected victory as Senegal\u2019s president-elect. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tinubu&#8217;s well-wishes were conveyed in a statement issued on Wednesday by Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential spokesperson. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Although the official results are pending, preliminary tallies indicate a lead for Faye. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In anticipation of the official declaration, opposition figures such as Amadou Ba, former prime minister and the ruling coalition&#8217;s presidential candidate, along with Senegalese citizens, have already offered their congratulations to the 44-year-old Faye. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tinubu praised Faye&#8217;s potential and exemplary track record, expressing hopes for his success in his forthcoming role. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Furthermore, the president commended Macky Sall, the outgoing Senegalese leader, for overseeing an election widely regarded as peaceful and transparent. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Originally scheduled for February 25, Senegal&#8217;s election was postponed by Sall, a decision that sparked unrest in the nation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The opposition interpreted Sall&#8217;s move as an effort to extend his tenure beyond the constitutional limit, despite his pledge not to seek a third term. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tinubu asserted that the recent successful presidential elections in Senegal and Liberia affirm his longstanding belief in the firm establishment of democracy in West Africa. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In his capacity as chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Tinubu highlighted the significance of Senegal&#8217;s orderly electoral process in bolstering the regional organization&#8217;s mission to promote peace, uphold constitutional order, and foster closer ties among member states. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tinubu conveyed his congratulations to the people of Senegal and assured them of Nigeria&#8217;s steadfast support and best wishes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Tinubu has extended congratulations to Bassirou Faye on his projected victory as Senegal\u2019s president-elect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8652,8651,8653,7042,7406],"class_list":["post-18164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-bassirou-faye","tag-congratulates","tag-election-win","tag-president-bola-ahmed-tinubu","tag-senegal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18166,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18164\/revisions\/18166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}