APC’s National Working Committee member, Hon. Durotolu Oyebode Bankole, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is poised for a decisive re-election victory in 2027, citing his impressive track record and rising public approval.
Bankole attributed Tinubu’s popularity to reforms in agriculture, economic stabilization, and infrastructure development, including ongoing road projects like the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway.
Bankole dismisses opposition criticisms as politically motivated, stressing Tinubu’s focus on consolidating reforms and deepening social development. Would you like to know more about Tinubu’s policies or the opposition’s response?
In a statement issued Tuesday in Abuja, Bankole described any attempt to challenge the President in 2027 as a “waste of resources”.
While citing the 2023 presidential election results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Bankole recalled that Tinubu secured 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rivals Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 6,984,520 votes, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), who garnered 6,101,533 votes.
He noted that the President also met the constitutional requirement of securing at least 25 per cent of votes in two-thirds of the states and the Federal Capital Territory.
According to the APC chieftain, the political permutation has since shifted in Tinubu’s favour.
He referenced recent surveys by NOIPolls indicating that the President’s approval rating has risen to 51 per cent — a significant increase from earlier figures during his first year in office.
Bankole attributed the surge in approval to reforms in agriculture, economic stabilization and infrastructure development.
On housing, he pointed to the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates programme, which targets the delivery of 100,000 housing units nationwide.
In education, he cited the Student Loan Scheme, which he said has disbursed over N95.6 billion to hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries, alongside investments in medical education and renewable energy projects in tertiary institutions.
The APC official also referenced economic indicators, including a reported 4.23 per cent GDP growth in the second quarter of 2025 and the increase of the national minimum wage to N70,000.
He said the administration’s fuel subsidy removal and foreign exchange reforms were difficult but necessary measures to reposition the economy.
Speaking on criticisms from opposition groups, including the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Bankole dismissed allegations of governance failures as politically motivated attempts to discredit the administration.
“The President remains focused on consolidating reforms and deepening social development,” he said, adding that 2026 has been designated as the “Year of Families and Social Development” to strengthen national cohesion.
He maintained that the APC would continue to defend what he described as the gains of the Tinubu administration, expressing confidence that Nigerians would reward the President with a landslide victory in 2027.
