Tinubu commenced re-election campaign day he was sworn in – Uzodimma

Imo state governor Hope Uzodimma has declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu commenced his re-election campaign May 29,2023 when he was sworn in.

Specifically, he said the bold decisions taken so far by the president   showed he was prepared for the challenge of leading Nigeria.

The governor spoke weekend in Owerri, the Imo state capital, when he hosted the media team of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors (RHA) on an inspection of projects executed by both the federal and state governments.

President Tinubu, it would be recalled, announced the removal of fuel subsidy while reading his inaugural speech.

Although the decision came under serous attack, it has however freed more resources to the sub-nationals.

Likening what is happening today in Nigeria to the experience of the Israelites in the book of Exodus, Governor Uzodimma said this “gives  us therefore a lesson.”

The governor said: “People are talking about campaigns. From May 29, 2023.President Bola Ahmed Tinubu started his campaign for a second term. Look at it, the population of APC is verifiable. It’s in excess of 13 million. Look at the number of people benefiting from the school loan, look at the number of people benefiting from various social interventions. In Imo state, the state is a one-party state. I can say that authoritatively. Renewed hope agenda, they are present in every polling unit. So, if  members of our party vote for our presidential candidate, we already won the election.

“What is campaign? It is not political rally. That is campaign. Campaign is getting people to believe or buy into your vision. As a leader who has come to do what you desire. So I want to thank you for  believing and giving us a chance. On the programme of renewed hope agenda in Nigeria, I am an optimist and I don’t believe in failure. That is why I do my best to work hard. Rather than spending 2.3 billion Naira to dominate the social media, is it not better we use it to do quality roads so that you can come and see for yourself?”

Relating the Israelites’ experience to the Nigeria of today, Uzodimma said: “To our day-to-day living on earth, when in May 29, 2023.President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn in, he started rolling out policies, reform policies. A man who was prepared, who understood clearly what he came to do as a president. We look at the bold vision document, the manifesto of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives  Congress (APC) manifesto.”