A support group, the Renewed Hope Ambassadors(RHA), has promised to ensure that President Bola Tinubu wins the 2027 election in all the units, wards and local government areas in Akwa Ibom State.
The group, which is a coalition of other support groups, also pledged to reelect Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, Umo Eno, the Akwa Ibom State Governor and other candidates of the All Progressives Congress(APC).
Prince Ikim, State coordinator of the group, who made the promise on Tuesday during a breakfast meeting with local government and ward coordinators, extolled the economic reforms of the Tinubu administration, noting that Nigeria’s economy would have collapsed irretrievably if the Naira was not stabilised and fuel subsidy removed.
He said, ‘This meeting is long overdue, and it is to bring us together because we are of one party. This meeting is to bring us together because we have one message, and what is the message? It is the message of the Renewed Hope Agenda.
‘What is the message? It is the message of the ARISE Agenda. Let us be sincere: as far as this country is concerned, this is the first time we have a president with the political will to stand firm and pull out the fuel subsidy, political will to carry out reforms to better this country.
‘As far as this country is concerned, if we did not have a President like President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, this country would have collapsed. Let us be sincere; without that political will, we wouldn’t have success.
‘As I speak with you today, there is no gainsaying that local governments and state governments have more money to embark on people-oriented projects. I give credit to President Bola Tinubu for all the projects done in Akwa Ibom State.
‘If you watch the 2023 campaign clips of President Bola Tinubu, you will confirm that everything he said he would do, he has done. Likewise, our Governor Pastor Umo Eno.
‘So let us take the message of the Renewed Hope Agenda to the grassroots; let us take the message of the ARISE Agenda to the grassroots. We have to reward them with votes, not just votes, but massive votes.
‘I also thank Governor Umo Eno because that is a man who knows our support and capacity. That is a man who nominated all of us, especially me as the state coordinator of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors’.
Also speaking, Aniekame Uko, a former speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, promised that the Renewed Hope Ambassadors as a group would galvanise votes for Tinubu, Akpabio and Eno and other APC candidates in the 2027 elections.
Speaking for Eket Senatorial District, Charles Mbong, a former member of the state House of Assembly, called for extensive sensitisation to enable voters in the state to get their PVCs.
‘We cannot win the upcoming election without encouraging our supporters to get their PVCs. Returning Tinubu, Akpabio, Umo Eno and other APC candidates is a task that must be done’, he said.