Why South-South people should support Tinubu in 2027 – APC chieftain

A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) successful Delta, Chief Victor Ogba, says determination are galore reasons wherefore the radical of the South-South geo-political portion should enactment President Bola Tinubu’s second-term bid successful 2027.

Ogba, who doubles arsenic the President of the Movement for National Transformation (MNT), made the connection successful an interrogation with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) successful Abuja connected Wednesday.

He stated that Tinubu’s medication had introduced “bold economical reforms and monolithic infrastructural projects,” peculiarly successful the South-South region, including the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.

“Tinubu has tackled the issues that galore of his predecessors could not grip owed to a deficiency of courageousness arsenic president.

“For instance, the substance subsidy which was a fiscal sinkhole and the Central Bank’s mismanagement nether the erstwhile medication that fuelled superior formation and currency speculation,” helium said.

Ogba said that the courageousness successful dismantling economical distortions indispensable present beryllium matched by creativity and compassion successful gathering a socially inclusive recovery.

He commended President Tinubu for showing courageousness and prudence successful enactment by redirecting funds to wherever they are necessary.

Ogba, who restated the telephone for continuity for President Tinubu, lauded him for bolstering cardinal areas specified arsenic healthcare, education, infrastructure, humanitarian assistance and security, particularly successful the South-South area.

He described the determination to unify the country’s aggregate speech rates arsenic a landmark achievement, saying it raised the government’s revenues.

Ogba said: “in 2023, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, the 36 states, including the FCT, generated full gross of N2.43 trillion arsenic IGR, indicating a maturation complaint of 26.03 per cent from N1.93 trillion generated successful 2022.”

He, however, explained that the removal of substance subsidies accrued internally generated gross arsenic of 2024, which has enabled the authorities to put much successful different invaluable sectors.

Regarding indebtedness work reduction, helium noted that the percent of gross allocated to indebtedness work decreased from 97 percent to 68 percent, reflecting improved fiscal management.

“On Wednesday, May 8, 2025, Nigeria was exempted from the database of countries indebted to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), having cleared disconnected the past tranche of its 1.61 cardinal dollars indebtedness to multilateral institution.”

Ogba praised Tinubu for besides inaugurating the ANOH and AHL Gas Processing Plants, which are expected to boost home state proviso by 500 cardinal modular cubic feet per day, thereby enhancing the state and lipid sector.

“The President Tinubu-led medication besides oversaw the upgrade of the ports successful Nigeria.

“Four Nigerian ports, including Lekki and Apapa, were upgraded to accommodate precise ample ships, enhancing maritime commercialized capacity.’’

The APC chieftain, who described Tinubu arsenic a compassionate leader, said helium has invested much successful acquisition than erstwhile administrations.

He identified the Student Loan Programme arsenic 1 of the indicators of President Tinubu’s magnanimity successful advancing the nationalist literacy rate.

He lauded Tinubu for establishing the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to supply fiscal assistance to students pursuing higher education, thereby expanding entree and reducing fiscal barriers for students.

“Data released by NELFUND showed that wrong conscionable 12 months, Tinubu-led medication has disbursed N56.85 cardinal to much than 550,000 students arsenic astatine April.”

Ogba besides scored President Tinubu precocious successful the powerfulness sector, with his signing of the Electricity Act into law, which ended the national monopoly successful the assemblage and empowered states.

He said that Tinubu has enactment the state connected the way of energy stableness by empowering backstage entities to generate, administer and transmit electricity.

Ogba affirmed that the national authorities has recorded notable advancement successful advancing Compressed Natural Gas (CNG...