2027: South East Solidly Behind Tinubu’s Reelection, Umahi Reiterates

Benjamin Nworie in Abakaliki

The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, has reiterated that the Southeast region remained solidly behind the reelection of President Bola Tinubu in 2027.

Umahi stated this at the weekend during the inspection of some federal road projects in Enugu State.

The minister noted that a lot of projects are ongoing in the southeast and further called on the people of the zone to embrace the president with two hands.

According to Umahi: “we have every reason to thank Mr. President. 528km road of about N1.5trn. I want to beat my chest to say that we have a very good bargain with China Habo. We are not losing and they are not losing and the quality of work is very good.

“So, we thank the president very highly and I want the South East people to embrace Mr. President with two hands. A lot of projects are going on in the South East. This section alone, if you multiply it by two, it is close to 200km. So, we have every cause to thank Mr. President, we have every cause to support him. We have every cause to be wise”.

The former governor of Ebonyi State described Tinubu’s challengers as noisemakers, stressing that President Tinubu has remembered southeast and there was no reason to complain.

His words: “We need to be wise. I have been telling our people to be wise. We cannot engage with sentiment, we have to engage base on realities and I think President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has remembered southeast very well. We have no reason to complain.

“I am your son, I am the Minister of Works and I am working and we give glory to God Almighty and thanks to our dear president. He will go for second tenure, don’t mind all these noise people are making.

“He that has started this work, God has ordained him to finish it. So, we will not be afraid to tell all the noise makers to go and keep quiet. They have been there, they didn’t do this road but today, God has brought a man who has remembered us. We have not been this remembered.

“And so, we have every cause to stand with Mr. President. We will change the narrative in South East, we will educate our people, we will take our people straight to the center which the president has started.

“By this infrastructure engagement, we are already at the center. We are no longer the last, God has remembered us through President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”