Tinubu won’t go everywhere – Daily Trust

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that he wouldn’t go everywhere for marketing campaign rallies because the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential marketing campaign kicks off on October 24 in Kaduna.

Speaking shortly after inaugurating the APC Presidential Campaign Council on the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja on Wednesday, President Tinubu mentioned the calls for of his workplace wouldn’t permit him to comply with all the marketing campaign path. 

He famous that Nigeria’s financial and developmental challenges required his consideration and he wouldn’t shelve that for campaigns. 

While promising to make out time to talk with Nigerians, President Tinubu informed the Senator Abdulaziz Yari-led marketing campaign council that he wouldn’t be capable to go to all of the states and native authorities areas. 

He mentioned, “You have warned me and requested me to not permit the rigour of the marketing campaign to distract me from governance. I hear you. I’m in full settlement along with your choice. Nigeria wants extra consideration now than ever earlier than. The duty of this workplace doesn’t pause.

“However, I will still make time to speak directly with Nigerians, even as you lead the campaign in the states and local government areas. So, you will excuse me from going everywhere with you.”

Daily Trust, nonetheless, learnt from a dependable supply within the APC that among the many few locations the President would go are the nationwide marketing campaign flag-off scheduled for Kaduna subsequent weekend and the grand finale in Lagos.

The celebration stalwart, who requested anonymity, added that the President would attend all of the zonal campaigns within the six geopolitical zones of the nation however could be represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima in a lot of the marketing campaign rallies within the states.

Our correspondents report that the celebration will resolve on the place to host the rally in every zone relying on if the zonal headquarters is managed by the APC, the voting inhabitants and whether or not it has hosted any APC occasion these days.

Earlier, Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, had referred to as on President Bola Tinubu to focus on governance and depart the duty of securing his re-election in 2027 to the APC governors, lawmakers and grassroots political buildings.

Uzodimma, who’s Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum and Secretary of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, mentioned, “An election season has a method of consuming all the things round it, and there can be no scarcity of people that wish to see you spend the subsequent three months responding to each distraction on the marketing campaign path.

“We would ask that you do not allow it to distract you from governance. The reforms you began need your full attention if they are to deliver everything they promise. Please, Your Excellency, leave the heavy lifting of this campaign to us,” he added.

President Tinubu mentioned there’s a have to maintain investor confidence and the duty of securing a greater future for Nigerians couldn’t be subordinated to political actions.

He mentioned the federal government should proceed assembly its monetary commitments whereas creating an atmosphere able to attracting long-term investments that will generate alternatives for future generations.

“We have bills to pay,” he declared, emphasising the significance of encouraging buyers to determine pursuits for the way forward for the nation.

President Tinubu additionally charged members of the marketing campaign council to treat their task as a chance to resume the APC’s covenant with Nigerians moderately than merely securing one other electoral victory.

‘Cost of staying away from campaign’

A political scientist, Prof. Gbade Ojo, mentioned President Tinubu’s choice to not go to all states throughout his 2027 re-election marketing campaign might undermine democratic rules.

Ojo mentioned presidential candidates had been anticipated to tour the nation to clarify their programmes, defend their data and persuade voters to help their candidacy.

He described the president’s place as inconsistent with the calls for of electioneering.

He argued that though the calls for of the presidency would possibly make it tough for Tinubu to go to each native authorities space, the president ought to be capable to go to each state capital and have interaction stakeholders straight moderately than rely completely on delegations.

“If a president seeking a second term is now saying publicly that he may not be able to visit all the states, that is a negation of democratic canons that demand that he should go out and campaign,” he mentioned.

The political scientist added that Tinubu might mix official tasks with marketing campaign actions throughout the nation.

Ojo attributed the president’s place to what he described as overconfidence arising from the notion that there was no sturdy opposition to problem him within the election.

Asked whether or not Tinubu’s choice was suspicious, Ojo mentioned he couldn’t rule out the chance that Tinubu could be involved concerning the bodily calls for of campaigning nationwide.

The political scientist described the prospect of a presidential candidate brazenly indicating that he won’t go to each state as uncommon.

He argued that an incumbent in search of one other time period ought to use the marketing campaign to clarify his achievements, acknowledge shortcomings and description what he intends to do in a different way if re-elected.

However, one other analysts and senior lecturer within the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Dr Shuaibu Mohammed, expressed combined emotions about Tinubu’s choice.

He mentioned, “Traditionally, incumbents have used rallies as a present of energy, travelling throughout all states to exhibit grassroots connection and celebration dominance. By selecting to restrict his attendance, Tinubu is signaling a shift in priorities by inserting governance and financial administration above fixed marketing campaign presence. This transfer is especially notable given Nigeria’s urgent fiscal challenges, together with debt obligations and the necessity to additional entrench buyers’ confidence.  

“For the APC, this technique has each benefit and drawback. On one hand, it permits Tinubu to venture himself as a frontrunner centered on governing moderately than politicking, which might resonate with voters who worth stability and seriousness.

“On the other hand, his absence from rallies may weaken the party’s visibility in certain regions, leaving delegates like Vice President Shettima, governors, party leaders and members of the APC Presidential Campaign Council to carry the burden of motivating and mobilising supporters. This delegation could test the strength of APC’s internal cohesion and organisational capacity, especially in areas where Tinubu’s personal presence might have been crucial.”

Families battling meals, however opposition has no reply – Abbas

In his Speech, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, mentioned the APC would communicate actually concerning the economic system.

“Families have endured high prices. Workers have struggled with food, transport and housing. Businesses have faced expensive credit. We acknowledge these realities. The president is the first to accept this. But hardship must not make us abandon the evidence,” he added. 

He maintained that Nigeria’s economic system grew by 4.2 per cent within the first half of 2026, exterior reserves rose above 54 billion {dollars} in September, gross federation revenues rose by 69 per cent in actual phrases between 2023 and 2025 and revenues elevated by about 93 per cent.

“These are findings reported by the World Bank,” the Speaker added. 

He argued that the figures didn’t imply that each household had felt the complete profit, however the financial base was turning into stronger.

“The opposition will attempt to cut back this election to anger. We should elevate it to an argument. They condemn reform however provide no credible substitute. They promise reversal with out calculating its price.

“They assemble familiar political actors under new arrangements and call it a new beginning. But a rearrangement of ambition is not a programme of government,” he mentioned.

Nentawe: We’ll current our case, let Nigerians make their selection

On his half, the National Chairman of the APC, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, mentioned the ruling celebration is able to current its scorecard within the final three years to the individuals, including that it’s left for the individuals to resolve. 

The chairman mentioned the celebration would ask Nigerians to help the re-election of President Tinubu “as a result of we consider the administration’s reform agenda and improvement priorities deserve continued consideration and the chance to ship additional outcomes.

“To our colleagues within the opposition, we recognise your authentic function in our democracy. Let the approaching election be a contest of concepts, data and insurance policies, performed peacefully and with respect for the Nigerian individuals.

“The APC will present its case with confidence, defend its record with facts and trust Nigerians to make their choice through a credible democratic process,” he said.

Meanwhile, Uzodimma has requested celebration leaders and governors to be prepared for the marketing campaign, saying the election could be a referendum on the APC as an entire and never President Tinubu alone. 

He mentioned, “It follows that our party has no excuse not to win. Victory is guaranteed when we are united, committed and work as a focused team. So we must jettison any misgivings we have against each other.” 

He warned {that a} celebration that controls each tier of presidency can simply develop snug and start to mistake the dimensions of its construction for the depth of its help. 

Nentawe: We’ll current our case, let Nigerians make their selection

On his half, the National Chairman of the APC, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, mentioned the ruling celebration is able to current its scorecard within the final three years to the individuals, including that it’s left for the individuals to resolve. 

The chairman mentioned the celebration would ask Nigerians to help the re-election of President Tinubu “because we believe the administration’s reform agenda and development priorities deserve continued consideration and the opportunity to deliver further results.” 

“To our colleagues within the opposition, we recognise your authentic function in our democracy. Let the approaching election be a contest of concepts, data and insurance policies, performed peacefully and with respect for the Nigerian individuals.

“The APC will present its case with confidence, defend its record with facts and trust Nigerians to make their choice through a credible democratic process,” he said.

Meanwhile, Uzodimma has requested celebration leaders and governors to be prepared for the marketing campaign, saying the election could be a referendum on the APC as an entire and never President Tinubu alone. 

He mentioned, “It follows that our party has no excuse not to win. Victory is guaranteed when we are united, committed and work as a focused team. So we must jettison any misgivings we have against each other.” 

He warned {that a} celebration that controls each tier of presidency can simply develop snug and start to mistake the dimensions of its construction for the depth of its help. 

Wike guarantees to ship Rivers, FCT

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, promised to make sure President Tinubu wins in Rivers State and FCT and urged APC governors to work laborious to ship their states for the president.

He mentioned any governor who didn’t win his state for Tinubu mustn’t be a part of to say “we have won,” if the president is reelected.

The minister mentioned he was comfortable to see his identify because the coordinator answerable for Rivers and FCT.

“My job is already simple. As coordinator of Rivers State and the FCT, by the grace of God, the people will vote massively for President Tinubu,” Wike declared. 

Tinubu’s marketing campaign council a confession of worry – Atiku

Former vice chairman and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has described the APC’s revised Presidential Campaign Council as “a crowded confession of Tinubu’s fear.” 

Atiku, in a press release by Phrank Shaibu, Director of Strategic Communication of the ADC Presidential Campaign Council, mentioned the size of the record revealed a president extra desirous to rely politicians than be accountable for what Nigerians have endured.

He additionally condemned the choice to inaugurate the APC Presidential Campaign Council inside Aso Rock Villa.

The assertion learn, “Only a person afraid of his report would suppose he might bury it underneath lots of of names. Tinubu can collect each governor, minister and political defector in Nigeria. None of them can erase the starvation in individuals’s houses, convey again these killed by violence or free Nigerians nonetheless held captive. Their households are ready for solutions, not one other marketing campaign record.

“Tinubu has room for a military of ministers and a stadium filled with marketing campaign officers, however no room in his plans for Nigerians crushed by the price of dwelling.

“He feeds his political machine and tells hungry households to sacrifice. He might encompass himself with elite pals and fill his marketing campaign schedule with endorsements, however the record of Nigerians decided to vote in opposition to him is for much longer. On January 16, Nigerians will reply with one query: Are we higher off underneath Bola Tinubu?

“When the first list drew criticism, Tinubu had a chance to show that he understood the country’s anger. Instead, he returned with an even longer list, reaching into other parties for more names. He is collecting politicians like shields against public judgment. Let him collect them all. Not one of them can cast a vote for the mother who can no longer feed her children or the family still waiting for a loved one taken by kidnappers.”

APC-PCC inauguration a ‘rape of democracy’ – ADC marketing campaign

Similarly, the African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has condemned the inauguration of the APC-PCC in Abuja, describing it as a calculated try and impose a one-party dictatorship on Nigeria.

The ADC-PCC Director of Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, alleged that the ruling celebration was undermining Nigeria’s multiparty democracy by “coercing” opposition governors into its fold or incorporating them into its presidential marketing campaign council regardless of their refusal to defect from their respective political events.

“What we are witnessing is not politics but political abduction. You cannot claim to be a democrat while using state power to force opposition governors into your party and then drafting them into your campaign council. This is political banditry,” he mentioned.

He accused the APC of pursuing a political agenda that might focus energy within the arms of 1 particular person, alleging that key nationwide establishments, safety companies and the judiciary had been being deployed to weaken opposition forces.

The ADC-PCC spokesman urged Nigerians to withstand what he described because the emergence of an immoral political order pushed by the need to retain energy on the expense of residents’ welfare.

A coalition council heading for the rocks – APM marketing campaign

The Makinde/Daura Presidential Campaign Organisation (MDPCO) has described the APC-PCC as a “Nebuchadnezzar Coalition” heading for the rocks. 

APM additionally declared that the APC is on a collision course with the desire of Nigerians.

The MDPCO described the council as a haven of internationally discredited and politically inconsistent characters, including that this “Nebuchadnezzar Coalition is headed for the rocks as it cannot whitewash the failures of the present administration.” 

Richard Ihediwa, Director of Strategic Communications of MDPCO mentioned with the boldness that President Tinubu reposed on this alliance of “governors, yes-along legislators, and discredited politicians, some of whom are fleeing from corruption investigations; even as his administration presides over an unprecedented economic crisis, worsening insecurity and a devastating collapse of public confidence, we see in the APC Presidential Campaign Council imminent political humiliation.”

He added, “History is replete with the humiliation of those that mistake transitory energy for permanence whereas reinforcing their illusions by surrounding themselves with compensated loyalists and sycophants, who don’t command the loyalty or followership of the individuals, moderately than confront the stark actuality of failures.

“What explanation will the “Nebuchadnezzar Coalition” provide Nigerians for the 140 million residents (63% of the inhabitants) now trapped in multidimensional poverty in response to the World Bank Report and the 113 million experiencing deprivation in well being, training and different fundamentals occasioned by President Tinubu’s misrule?”