‘Nigeria Can’t Afford To Change Driver’ — Muftwang, Tompolo Tell Plateau Voters

Governor Caleb Muftwang of Plateau State and Chief Government ‘Tompolo’ Ekpemupolo have stated Nigeria can not afford a change of management whereas financial and safety reforms by the Bola Tinubu administration are underway.

They spoke on Wednesday in Jos on the inauguration of state and native authorities constructions of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, unveiling of 25 marketing campaign autos and different supplies forward of the 2027 presidential election.

Tompolo, the motion’s Grand Patron, was represented on the occasion by the Managing Director of Tantita Security Services Limited, Dr Kestin Pondi.

He urged Plateau residents to assist Tinubu as a result of he’s dedicated to addressing insecurity and restoring peace throughout the nation.

Pondi, talking on Tompolo’s behalf, described Tinubu as a brave chief whose reforms wanted time to provide outcomes.

“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a courageous man, a lover of country and a reformer. He is reforming the country and reforms as we all know take time.

“It is a gradual process and with time, it will trickle down to all our countrymen and women. Today, governors are paying salaries and on time, projects are being executed by governors, more investors are coming into our country, unlike before when no investments were coming in.

“Investments bring employment and when this happens, there is the trickledown effect. The situation we are in at the moment is like planting a seed. When you plant, it germinates and then brings forth fruits and all these require patience but the results are inevitable.

“Our Grand Patron has asked me to appeal to you to be patient and support the re-election of our President in 2026,” Pondi stated on Tompolo’s behalf.

He cited the proposed state police system as one of many outcomes of the administration’s reforms.

“Nigeria will not remain the same after the reforms. President Tinubu deserves a second term. Japan, China and the Asian Tigers, it took them time to be where there are today, so with the reforms on the ground, we will get there,” he stated.

Pondi additionally urged the PBAT motion’s newly inaugurated coordinators to take the marketing campaign to properties, markets and locations of worship throughout the state.

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, additionally referred to as on Plateau residents to vote for Tinubu and different APC candidates, citing the president’s safety interventions and infrastructure initiatives within the state.

He stated the deployment of Department of State Services personnel to Bokkos, Riyom and different areas reveals the administration is dedicated to fixing insecurity. He additionally stated Plateau was amongst 9 states chosen for the primary section of the forest guard initiative.

Yilwatda added that the proposed state police system would allow communities to have a better position in native safety.

On infrastructure, he stated the continued dualisation of the Akwanga-Jos Road and plans for different street initiatives confirmed the federal authorities’s dedication to Plateau.

The APC chairman challenged residents to assist the president’s second-term bid, linking the state’s prospects to the occasion’s continued management of the federal authorities.

Governor Muftwang, who additionally spoke on the occasion, stated he had determined in June 2023 to assist Tinubu as a result of he believed the president was main Nigeria in the fitting path.

He urged residents to stay affected person with the administration’s financial insurance policies and preserve assist for the president.

“I made up my mind since June 2023 to travel with the president as a man that is leading Nigeria forward. The enemies of Nigeria will not win. The president is committed to our security across the country.

“The project of improving the economy is on the right track. If we keep pursuing these policies, we will eat the good of the land. We will not change our driver now. The driver you know is better; let’s stick with him.

“There is no need to change the power-sharing arrangement between the north and south. We must be promise keepers and must stick with the president. PBAT Door-to-Door must continue to demonstrate that love.

“With time, we are going to reap the benefit of our son being the national chairman. Plateau will give the president the highest votes in the region,” the governor stated.

Muftwang additionally urged the state to keep up the prevailing power-sharing association between the North and South, saying political leaders ought to honour their commitments.

The occasion was attended by members of the National Assembly, the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, the state APC chairman, occasion elders and representatives of ladies and youth teams.