The National Council of State has passed a vote of confidence in President Bola Tinubu over policy decisions taken since he assumed office.
The Council also held that any change in government in Nigeria must follow constitutional procedures.
Briefing State House Correspondents shortly after the meeting, the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq of Kwara State, said the Council frowned on calls by some sections of the recent ‘end bad governance’ protesters for the resignation of President Bola Tinubu.
In attendance at the meeting were former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari, while former Heads of State, Generals Gowon Yakubu and Abdulsalami Abubakar joined the meeting virtually.
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State governors, some deputy governors, Ministers, former Chief Justices of the Federation, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the National Security Adviser were among those who attended the meeting.