2027: Shettima rallies support for Tinubu, Ebonyi gov

Vice President Kashim Shettima and Enugu Governor Francis Nwifuru. Photo credit: Stanley Nkwocha

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has called on the people of Ebonyi State to support the re-election of President Bola Tinubu and Governor Francis Nwifuru in the 2027 general elections.

Shettima made the appeal on Monday during the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign rally at the Pa Ngele Oruta Township Stadium, Abakaliki.

He urged the people to vote for the APC from top to bottom in the January 16, 2027 presidential and National Assembly elections and return Nwifuru and other APC candidates in the February 6 governorship and state assembly elections.

The Vice-President, who commended Nwifuru for maintaining political unity in the state, said the governor had kept Ebonyi firmly aligned with the APC.

He noted that former governors of the state, including Sam Egwu, Martin Elechi and David Umahi, were united in their support for the current administration and the APC.

Shettima also pointed out that all three senators representing Ebonyi, the seven members of the House of Representatives and members of the state House of Assembly belonged to the APC.

He described the presence of former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim at the rally as another indication of the political alignment among key stakeholders in the state.

The Vice-President said the Tinubu administration had honoured Ebonyi through federal appointments and infrastructure projects, adding that the people had reasons to support the President’s second-term ambition.

He listed the Calabar-Ebonyi-Benue-Kogi-Nasarawa-Abuja Super Highway, the Ndibe Bridge linking Ebonyi to Cross River State, the Enugu-Abakaliki-Ogoja Expressway and the Okposi-Ohaozara-Ukawu-Abaomege-Cross River Road among federal infrastructure projects being executed or advanced in the state.

He also disclosed that the Federal Government had earmarked funds for renewable energy projects in eight locations across Ebonyi State.

According to him, construction has commenced on the Renewed Hope Housing Estate, while the administration is supporting education through the Nigerian Education Loan Fund and the Tertiary Education Development Programme.

He said the Federal Government was also supporting cancer treatment and research, pre-cancer screening and primary healthcare financing across 164 health facilities in the state.

On agriculture, Shettima said the government was supporting rice and cassava farmers through fertiliser distribution, interest-free financial assistance and other agricultural development programmes.

He added that investments in rural roads were aimed at improving access to markets and ensuring that farmers could transport their produce from farms to consumers.

The Vice-President further said that thousands of Ebonyi residents had benefited from the Presidential Conditional Grant Scheme, while federal employment and digital skills programmes were helping young people acquire skills and build sustainable livelihoods.

He listed the establishment of the South-East Development Commission, the launch of the South-East Vision 2050 and approval of the South-East Investment Company as some of the Tinubu administration’s interventions in the region.