President Bola Tinubu has spoken about his disagreements with the late former President, Muhammadu Buhari, during the formative years of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Naija News reports that Tinubu made this disclosure while receiving members of The Buhari Organisation (TBO), led by former Nasarawa State governor, Senator Tanko Al-Makura, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday.

Describing Buhari as a stubborn man, Tinubu recalled that they clashed over the choice of the APC symbol.

He said, “We disagreed to agree. We even argued about a symbol. He (Buhari) insisted on parliament, and I insisted on broom. He’s so stubborn.” 

Tinubu added that despite the disputes, compromises were reached to finalise the merger of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), and a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), culminating in the registration of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in 2013.

In other news, Tinubu on Tuesday said his administration will not be intimidated by the trade policy direction of United States President Donald Trump, insisting that Nigeria’s growing non-oil revenue will serve as a buffer against external shocks.

Tinubu made this known when he received a delegation from The Buhari Organisation, led by former Nasarawa State Governor, Senator Tanko Al-Makura, who paid him a solidarity visit at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The President maintained that the sweeping tariffs announced by the Trump administration would not derail Nigeria’s economic progress.

He said, “If non-oil revenue is growing, then we have no fear of whatever Trump is doing on the other side.”

Tinubu pointed to Nigeria’s improved fiscal outlook, noting that the country had already met its 2025 revenue target by August.

According to him, reforms in the foreign exchange market have also stabilised the naira, which has appreciated from ₦1,900 to about ₦1,450 to the dollar since his government unified the exchange rates in May 2023.

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