Tinubu Woos Ebonyi Voters, Highlights Administration’s Achievements

President Bola Tinubu has sought the support of voters in Ebonyi State for his re-election in 2027, highlighting his administration’s infrastructure projects and efforts to strengthen security and development across the South-East.

The appeal was made on Monday in Abakaliki during the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign rally, where Vice-President Kashim Shettima represented the President.

Shettima assured residents that ongoing federal projects in the region would be completed if Tinubu secured another term in office.

He also said the administration had strengthened security in the South-East, particularly in Ebonyi State, creating a safer environment for residents and businesses.

The Vice-President urged the electorate to support Tinubu, Governor Francis Nwifuru and other APC candidates in the forthcoming elections.

Governor Nwifuru, in his remarks, pledged Ebonyi's support for the President, expressing confidence that the state would deliver substantial votes to the APC.

He said the South-East had experienced infrastructure deficits under previous administrations but noted that the Tinubu government had increased attention to the region through road construction and other federal projects.

Nwifuru, however, appealed to the Federal Government to connect the southern part of Ebonyi to the national electricity grid to improve power supply and support industrial development.

He also urged the President to approve and facilitate the completion of a proposed railway project linking Ebonyi to Aba in Abia State and Port Harcourt in Rivers State.

Highlighting his administration's achievements over the past three and a half years, the governor said his government had provided medical equipment and revitalised primary and secondary healthcare facilities across the state's 13 local government areas.

He added that teachers had been recruited for primary and secondary schools, while 314 state scholarship beneficiaries had completed master's degree programmes overseas and commenced doctoral studies in the United Kingdom.

Nwifuru also disclosed that work had commenced on the Abakaliki cement factory project, expressing optimism that its completion would create employment opportunities for young people.

Minister of Works, David Umahi, urged residents to support Tinubu's re-election to enable the administration to complete ongoing infrastructure projects in the region.

Umahi listed some of the federal projects in Ebonyi to include the Afikpo-Cross River Ndibe Bridge, the Abakaliki-Afikpo road dualisation and a proposed superhighway connecting Ebonyi, Enugu, Kogi, Benue, Nasarawa and Abuja.

He said the Federal Government had awarded several infrastructure contracts worth billions of naira in the state, adding that road construction had increased the region's connectivity.

The campaign rally attracted several APC leaders, including the Director-General of the party's Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari; South-East campaign coordinator and Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah; Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma; Senator Adams Oshiomhole; and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu.

Former Senate President Pius Anyim and Senator Osita Izunaso were also among the dignitaries present.