Bode George make a U-turn, pushed to be considered for consultation.

Former Deputy National Chairman (South-West) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George says he is prepared to work with President Bola Tinubu if he consults him on the issues of governance.

George, who opposed Tinubu’s presidential ambition before the election and criticised the outcome of the presidential poll make a U-turn, pushed to be considered for consultation.

Recall that the PDP chieftain severally disagreed with Tinubu’s “methodologies of governance”, adding that he would leave the country if Tinubu emerged as President..

Fielding questions with journalists in his Ikoyi office, Lagos, on Thursday, George said he was open to working with him for the interest of the country as his feud with Tinubu was not personal.

He said, “If he comes and says look, what do you feel about this, what do you feel about that, let’s work together in the interest of this country, why would I refuse? This nation also trained me.

“The military trained me. There is no part of the world that I have not been to, training and doing exercises. This country trained us. So, we must be able to put something back to the system that would also positively impact on the younger ones, to put a smile on their faces.’’

On the prolonged crisis in PDP, George said the disagreements on the principle of zoning during the campaign for the presidency “landed the party in a deck”.

“They divided Nigeria into six geo-political zones and sought out six top positions in Nigeria, to which each zone will go home with one position or the other.

“After eight years, all the positions in the north will come to the south so that the issue of the majority perpetually getting the goodies and the minority just being onlookers will be resolved.

“I have not seen any better system. Remember when APC first came, they said ‘we don’t believe in zoning, what nonsense, we are not going to do zoning,” he said.