A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress in Abia State, Professor Anthony Agbazuere, has said the voting pattern of the South-East geopolitical zone will change in 2027 in favour of President Bola Tinubu.
He also urged those nursing the ambition to contest the 2027 presidential election with Tinubu to sheathe their sword and allow him to complete his agenda for the country.
Agbazuere spoke on Saturday in Ikem Nvosi Isialangwa Local Government Area of the state during a stakeholders meeting of APC members from the old Aba political bloc in the state, pointing out that the president, through his policies, has stabilised the economy and restored hope for the common man.
He maintained that the removal of fuel subsidy by the president has encouraged massive development across Nigeria because money has been made available for State Governors and Local Government chairmen to work.
The APC chieftain also posited that the creation of the South-East Development Commission, which is intended to rebuild the zone from ruins of the civil war, has further endeared Tinubu to the people of the zone.
He said, “As members of the APC, we are very happy that we have a president who is working very hard, who is exceptional as a leader. President Bola Tinubu is a special species of man. Only those who have little IQ will dispute that.
“President Tinubu came in as president of Nigeria when the former government was printing money to survive. What they call wages and means. They were printing money to survive. And that meant keeping our children and grandchildren in a state of indebtedness for life. Pushing our troubles and our problems forward for our children and grandchildren. President Bola Tinubu came in and said no.
Living a false life. For how long shall that be? That a lot of people were making so much money from the fuel subsidy. Because at that time, people would buy fuel from Nigeria and go and sell the same fuel to countries outside Nigeria at the boundaries of Nigeria and make billions of Naira.
“Nigeria was subsidising not just for Nigerians alone, but for other countries around Nigeria. And that meant it was wrong. And President Tinubu said no.
“He now had to remove the fuel subsidy and all the quantum of funds coming from there. He started pushing those funds, those monies, back to the people through the state governments and local governments. And that’s why he’s saying that we should go to state governments to account for these monies.”
Agbazuere also lauded President Tinubu for restoring local government autonomy but accused state governors of frustrating the implementation of the supreme judgment in favour of the autonomy.
And this is the only government too that came on board and saw the need for local governments to be autonomous. The federal government of Nigeria, under President Tinubu, had to file a suit at the Supreme Court.
“And the Supreme Court delivered a judgment that funds meant for local governments should be given to them directly. Even up to now, the states are still disobeying.
In education, Agbazuere commended President Tinubu for introducing the student loan scheme to assist the children of poor parents, to complete their university education.
