The Federal Government has urged Nigerians dissatisfied with President Bola Tinubu’s administration to wait until the 2027 election to exercise their right to vote.

This message was conveyed by Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals after the inaugural Council of State meeting chaired by President Tinubu on Tuesday.

He made the remark while addressing State House Correspondents after the meeting.

Alake said the government is committed to democracy and stressed that any change of government must come through the ballot box, not through violence or insurrection.

He commended Nigerians for resisting the recent unconstitutional move to change the government and assured citizens of the security agencies’ readiness to protect the country’s territorial integrity and democracy.

His words: “Matters of State were discussed in a robust manner and the National Security Adviser was on hand to present the security situation of the country and he did inform the Council of State about the Pre, during and post events of the last protest which I do not call a protest.

“I call it a movement to effect a change of regime by force which was also resisted. The council thanked Nigerians at large for resisting an unconstitutional move to change government. If anybody is not satisfied with the government, the current administration, there is always an election coming, so you wait for election and cast your vote.

“The NSA brief the council on the security situation and laid bare… So after the NSA briefing, he allayed everybody’s fears and spoke on the tightness of the security around the country and also re assured all that nobody will be allowed to truncate our hard earned democracy.

“Any change of government has to be through the ballot and not through the barrel of the gun, or through insurrection or through any other unconstitutional means, only through the ballot box can any government be changed and re assured on the security readiness of all security agencies in the country to secure our territorial integrity and to protect Nigerians democracy.”