Senate President Ahmad Lawan yesterday said any possibility of him joining the 2023 presidential race would be determined by God.
He described reports of pressure being mounted on him to join the race as speculative.
Lawan spoke on the sidelines of the Sallah homage paid to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa by Abuja residents, to mark the Eid-el-Fitr.
The Senate president cautioned politicians against overheating the polity ahead of the 2023 general election, noting that there must be a peaceful and stable country first before any politician could be assured of taking over government through an election.
Answering question on his speculated presidential ambition, he said: “I thought you were going to ask me about what we want to do in 2022. We passed the budget for 2022, a budget for consolidation of what we have been able to achieve in 2020, when we had an implementation of 100 per cent.
“2022 has just finished, another 100 per cent implementation of budget and we’re looking forward to ensure that the 2022 budget is also implemented by 100 per cent.
“If we stabilise our economy, we stabilise our country, then people can contest, but for now everything is speculative and I believe that God, in His infinite mercy, will show us the way,” he said.