A statement issued by the Tinubu Campaign Organisation’s Director of Media and Communication, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed the development.
The statement said that the manifesto being shared mostly via WhatsApp and Facebook is not the official campaign manifesto of the APC presidential candidate.
It read, “The attention of the Tinubu Campaign Organisation has been drawn to a viral document said to be the manifesto of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
” The document is currently being circulated via social media platforms in his name, despite the TCO informing editors that it is merely a draft proposal and suggestions on the program he should implement, when elected in February 2023,’’ the statement said.
According to the statement , a manifesto is a more serious document.
The statement said that Tinubu is having a consultation with the party, experts in various fields and a broad section of the populace through an empirical and evidence-based approach, to release an all-embracing manifesto that will be presented to Nigerians once it is ready before the official campaign begins in September.
While acknowledging that the document in circulation was prepared by some senior associates of the APC presidential candidate, the statement said the document was a private initiative, which Tinubu has not personally endorsed.