The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has defended the rising cross-party political alliance backing President Bola Tinubu re-election in 2027.
Mr Wike, who made this recognized throughout a month-to-month media chat in Abuja on Tuesday, dismissed claims of inside disaster.
He described the rainbow coalition as “a movement bringing together figures from the All Progressives Congress (APC), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and other political platforms to support Tinubu”.
He emphasised that assist for the presidency transcends particular person social gathering playing cards, including that he can be main Tinubu’s re-election marketing campaign in FCT and Rivers regardless of being within the PDP.
Highlighting key figures driving the coalition throughout numerous states, Mr Wike identified Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, a member of APGA serving as a key campaigner for Tinubu in his state.
“In Osun, Governor Ademola Adeleke (PDP) is supporting the president at the national level while maintaining party identities sub-nationally,” he mentioned.
Replying to critics who see a contradiction in political figures backing the presidential candidate of 1 social gathering whereas contesting sub-national seats below one other, Mr Wike dismissed the perceived friction as a “problem that does not exist.”
“Why would anyone say there’s a drawback there? Take Soludo—he’s supporting Mr. President, however that doesn’t imply his social gathering is not going to subject candidates for the House of Representatives or state meeting.
“It tells you leadership capacity. If you speak to your people and they listen, that is political strength,” the minister mentioned.
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Addressing opposition figures and state governors who’ve publicly acknowledged the president’s efficiency, Mr Wike singled out the Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State for praising nationwide infrastructure and governance strides regardless of belonging to an opposition social gathering.
He urged politicians to place nationwide progress above blind partisanship
“Time has come, not due to your political social gathering, to only say the chief supervisor of the nation has achieved nothing for the sake of politics. Politics have to be a do-or-die affair.
“For us, whether anybody likes it or not, Mr. President has done well,” he mentioned.
Earlier on Tuesday, Messrs Wike, Soludo and Adeleke had been named as members of the APC Presidential Campaign Council regardless of belonging to PDP, APGA and Accord Party. They are to coordinate President Tinubu’s re-election marketing campaign of their respective states.
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