The Tinubu Support Group (TSG) in Bayelsa State has declared that the state will deliver ‘bulk votes’ to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.
Emerging from its maiden meeting at the weekend in Yenagoa, the group’s pioneer leadership said it is mobilising across political, ethnic and social divides to ensure a decisive victory for the President in Bayelsa.
A statement signed by the Bayelsa State Director of Media, TSG, Engr. Udengs Eradiri, said that the mission to return Tinubu for a second term was both patriotic and in the public interest.
The statement listed members of the TSG Bayelsa State Executive Committee as Engr. Preye Aganaba, State Coordinator; Bar. Edi Orubo, Deputy State Coordinator; Hon. Enaikada Omemu, Secretary; Hon. Amalanyo Yosou, Bayelsa East; Hon. Patrick Ekade, Bayelsa West; and Dr Doodei Weeks, Bayelsa Central.
Others are Hon. Favour Emmanuel, Director of Women; Hon. Nunieh Odede, Director of Youths; Hon. Lori Ogoro, Director PLWDS; Edison Sorgwe, Director Ethnic Affairs; Joseph Fafi, Director of Logistics; and Udengs Eradiri, Director of Media.
Eradiri, a former President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, said the TSG, under the leadership of grassroots politician Preye Aganaba, would take the Tinubu administration’s achievements to every community in the state.
He described Aganaba as a grassroots mobiliser with the political reach, depth and community appeal to rally stakeholders behind the 2027 re-election project.
‘Our target is nothing but total victory. And at the end of the day, we will ensure that Bayelsa delivers bulk votes to President Tinubu in 2027’, he said.
Eradiri, a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), said the TSG belonged to all Bayelsans and would work with Governor Douye Diri and the various leadership structures of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to secure what he described as a deserving victory for Tinubu.
He said the Tinubu administration’s performance had simplified the task of winning Bayelsa for the President.
According to him, as campaigns unfold, the group will confront critics with what it described as facts, figures and evidence of the administration’s achievements.
‘Those who speak against the President speak out of ignorance. We are going to show them the facts, the figures and the numbers that will make them change their perception and see the re-election of President Tinubu as a matter of public interest’, he said.
Eradiri said the TSG would embark on a massive mobilisation drive, bringing together associations, groups, youths, women, students, traditional rulers, indigenes and non-indigenes to pursue what he described as a common mission of returning Tinubu in 2027.
He said, ‘The Bayelsa TSG is ready and prepared to spread the gospel of Tinubu’s administration. We consider it a privilege to support the President, who has demonstrated the capacity to take tough decisions in the interest of this country.
‘These reforms are already yielding expected dividends, and another four years will deliver unprecedented prosperity to all. We have collectively weathered the storm; continuity and consolidation remain the best way forward. Bayelsa will surely be counted among other states in this historic journey of consolidation.
‘The results are there in the economy, infrastructure transformation, petroleum sector, energy, security, decentralisation, among many others, and we will bring all of them to the fore. We will never join any move to reverse these gains’.
Eradiri said the group would take its mobilisation campaign to the grassroots, insisting that Bayelsa would not be left behind in what he described as the national movement to consolidate the gains of the Tinubu administration
He added that the group was determined to ensure that the 2027 election in Bayelsa reflected what he described as growing public appreciation of the President’s reforms and policies.