Even when President Bola Tinubu has not spent up to one year out of his first four-year term in office, Senate President Godswill Akpabio has begun drumming support for his re-election in 2027.
Addressing a gathering of state governors and federal lawmakers that paid Sallah homage to Tinubu at his residence in Lagos penultimate week, Akpabio expressed confidence in the president’s leadership, and set the tone for an early push for Tinubu’s victory in the 2027 general election.
“As you coast home to victory for a second term, may all the governors seated here also coast home to a second term victory in their states,” Akpabio proclaimed.
Isn’t it too early to be talking about a second term when Tinubu has not even spent one year in office? Is this what should be bothering people like Akpabio? Shouldn’t he be thinking of how to help to address the insecurity facing the country where farmers still cannot farm; where people cannot conveniently travel on the roads?
It is unfortunate that our politicians will never change. The senate president cannot say he does not know the current mood of the citizens of the country. From the northern to the southern part of the country, the people are hungry and unsafe. Poverty, hardship and insecurity have worsened as armed herdsmen intensified their killing spree to seize people’s ancestral lands.
As insecurity and economic hardship continue to linger, many Nigerians who have been pushed to the wall are left with no option but to throng the palliative distribution centres put in place by government officials or other stakeholders.
All over the world, what usually happens is that after elections, those elected are allowed to govern. This is why is sad that rather than advising the president on how to tackle the challenges facing the country, Akpabio is busy plotting and talking about 2027.
