The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) South-East zone and the Hausa and Yoruba communities in Ebonyi State have endorsed President Bola Tinubu for re-election in the 2027 general election.
The groups declared their support for the President on Monday at a town hall meeting in Abakaliki organised by the Directorate of Infrastructure Mobilisation and Sensitisation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).
Speaking at the meeting the President of the Christian Fellowship of Nigeria (CFN) South-East zone Rev. Fr. Abraham Nwali commended Tinubu for what he described as his administration’s commitment to infrastructure development in the South-East.
He urged members of the association and other residents of the region to support the President’s re-election bid in appreciation of his administration’s contributions to the zone.
Nwali said support for Tinubu would also be a way to appreciate the Minister of Works Senator David Umahi for his efforts in attracting federal projects to the region.
‘We owe our leader the President and the Minister of Works His Excellency Senator David Umahi appreciation. The only way we can show that appreciation is to support the President in the 2027 general election’ he said.
Also speaking former President of the Women Wing of the association Mrs Uche Charity Ujunwa said the Tinubu administration had introduced reforms that were beginning to have a positive impact on the country.
She urged Nigerians to support the President for a second term arguing that four years was not enough to address the country’s challenges and implement far-reaching reforms.
‘This administration has started a work. Let us give them a chance to complete their eight years.
‘Nigeria is too big to be governed and put things in place under four years. It is not possible. Let us support President Bola Tinubu. Let us not divide our votes’ she said.
The leader of the CAN South-East Youth Wing Peter Onyeabor assured the President of the support of Christian youths across the region promising to mobilise them for his re-election.
Similarly the leader of the Yoruba community in Ebonyi Kazeem Bankole and his Hausa counterpart Alhaji Danjuma Gambo pledged to mobilise their respective communities to support Tinubu and other APC candidates in the 2027 elections.
Addressing the gathering Umahi who is also the Director of Infrastructure Mobilisation and Sensitisation of the APC Presidential Campaign Council urged the people of the South-East to set aside political and ethnic sentiments and support Tinubu’s re-election.
He argued that supporting the President for another four years would strengthen the South-East’s chances of producing a president who could also serve a full eight-year tenure when power eventually shifts to the region.
Umahi maintained that the South-East needed an eight-year presidential tenure rather than a four-year arrangement insisting that the region must support the completion of Tinubu’s second term to advance its own political aspirations.
‘What we the people of the South-East want is eight years of presidency and not four years.
‘The people who are saying that somebody should rule for only four years as President ruled for eight years as governor. If four years were enough why did they govern for eight years as governors? They would have stopped at four years.
‘Four years is an introduction. Our position as leaders of the South-East is that the Igbo need a full eight years in office. We must support the re-election of President Bola Tinubu so that we can also rule for eight years when our time comes for the position’ Umahi said.