2027: Atiku, Obi, Makinde Can’t Match Tinubu’s Record, Say APC Chairman

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, mentioned no opposition candidate might match President Bola Tinubu’s document forward of the 2027 common election.

Yilwatda named former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress; former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress; former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party; and Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, the presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, amongst these he mentioned couldn’t match Tinubu’s achievements.

He spoke on Thursday in Abuja whereas receiving members of the Forum of APC House of Representatives Aspirants, led by Hon. Danjuma Mohammed, on the celebration’s nationwide secretariat.

According to Yilwatda, the Tinubu administration’s achievements in infrastructure and different sectors put the president forward of his potential challengers.

He mentioned the APC thought-about Tinubu its most credible candidate, including that the president’s document in contrast favourably with these of different contenders.
“Let the opposition present their records alongside those of this administration, including their achievements in building strong institutions, and Nigerians will see the difference,” Yilwatda mentioned.

On infrastructure, Yilwatda questioned the highway tasks delivered through the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, when Atiku served as vice-president.

He claimed that Nigerians couldn’t determine a 500-kilometre highway constructed with a N300 billion highway funds launched throughout that interval.

“We were here live. When the president gave road projects of over N300 billion, when another person was the Minister of Works, we couldn’t find even the road that was patched with that budget,” he mentioned.

Yilwatda contrasted this with tasks he mentioned the Tinubu administration had accomplished or was nonetheless executing, together with the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano freeway and the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.

He additionally cited the Trans-Sahara Superhighway, claiming that work had reached between 30 and 40 per cent, with the mission masking greater than 1,400 kilometres.

He argued that these tasks demonstrated the administration’s dedication to infrastructure and financial improvement.

Yilwatda additionally defended the federal government’s pupil mortgage scheme, criticising opposition figures who had questioned the worth of the monetary assist offered to college students.

The APC chairman mentioned the celebration had greater than 261,000 executives nationwide and known as on the discussion board to work with its constructions to safe victory in 2027.