Shettima urges Ebonyi to re-elect Tinubu in 2027
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
Nigerian Vice-President Kashim Shettima calls on voters in Ebonyi to support Bola Tinubu and Governor Francis Nwifuru in the 2027 general elections. He made the call on Monday in Abakaliki at a rally of the All Progressives Congress, according to Punch.
Kashim Shettima, Nigeria's vice-president, called on voters in Ebonyi State on Monday to support the re-election of President Bola Tinubu and Governor Francis Nwifuru at an All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign rally in Abakaliki, Punch reports. He called for votes for the APC at all levels in the presidential and legislative elections on 16 January 2027, then for Nwifuru and the party's other candidates in the governor elections and state assembly elections on 6 February.
Kashim Shettima presented Ebonyi's political alignment around the APC as an argument in favour of Tinubu. He noted in particular that the state's three senators, its seven members of the House of Representatives and members of the state assembly belong to the party, while former governors Sam Egwu, Martin Elechi and David Umahi also support the federal administration, Punch reports.
The vice-president also cited several federal projects under way or at an advanced stage in the state, including the Calabar-Ebonyi-Benue-Kogi-Nasarawa-Abuja highway, the Ndibe bridge to Cross River State and the Enugu-Abakaliki-Ogoja and Okposi-Ohaozara-Ukawu-Abaomege-Cross River roads. He announced funding for renewable energy projects at eight sites in Ebonyi and said construction of the Renewed Hope housing estate had begun.
Kashim Shettima also cited federal support for education, notably through the Nigerian Education Loan Fund and the Tertiary Education Development Programme, as well as cancer treatment and research, Punch reports. His call came after his previous mobilisation efforts in support of the re-election of Bola Tinubu, notably in Calabar on 3 November and in Nasarawa State on 4 November.
