2027 election: Shettima promises Ebonyi projects linked to Tinubu’s re-election
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Vanguard
At an APC campaign rally in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, Vice-President Kashim Shettima said federal investment is transforming the south-east economy. He asked the state to renew Bola Tinubu’s mandate, according to Vanguard.
Nigerian Vice-President Kashim Shettima said, at an All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign rally in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State (south-east Nigeria), that federal investment is transforming the region’s economy, and he promised to address its development delays. According to Vanguard, he linked these projects to Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.
The projects cited include the Calabar–Ebonyi–Benue–Kogi–Nasarawa–Abuja highway, which is to strengthen trade between the south-east and the north-central region, the Ndibe bridge linking Ebonyi to Cross River State, the Enugu–Abakaliki–Ogoja road and the Okposi–Ohaozara–Ukawu–Cross River road. Shettima said they will reduce the transport costs of agricultural products and manufactured goods. He presented Ebonyi as a major producer of rice and cassava for national food security.
This appearance extends the campaign Shettima launched, when he mobilised Nasarawa on 4 November, and then called on Ebonyi to re-elect Tinubu on 9 November.
