The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, has stated President Bola Tinubu has finished extra for Plateau State than previous presidents, citing tasks and interventions drawn to the state by the current administration.
Yilwatda acknowledged this on Wednesday on the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement rally in Jos, the place he urged APC supporters to assist Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, saying Plateau had no cause to assist one other presidential candidate.
“Your son is the national chairman of the APC. We are part and parcel of the system. We are in the inner caucus of the system. We have no reason to thumbprint any other presidential candidate on the Plateau at all,” he stated.
“President Bola Tinubu is a friend of Plateau State. No president in the history of Nigeria has been able to stand with the state the way Mr President has done for us,” Yilwatda stated.
“Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, was vice-president for eight years. ”
“Show me one road or one thing that we had on the Plateau.”
“Show me one N10 billion project on the Plateau within that period,” he stated, difficult the previous vice-president to determine a significant venture value N10 billion executed within the state throughout his eight years in workplace.
“The best we could have in those days was a borehole, or they would bring Keke Napep for us. Today, the President is bringing major projects to the Plateau,” he stated.
“He has given us a university and assigned so many projects to Plateau State,” Yilwatda stated, citing investments in schooling, healthcare, infrastructure and safety.
“If you ask any Plateau man, ‘What is your problem?’ The number one problem is insecurity, and Mr President has addressed it,” he stated.
Also talking on the rally, Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang declared his assist for Tinubu, saying he had grow to be satisfied of the President’s dedication to Nigeria regardless of belonging to a unique political celebration on the time.
“Let me make a public confession for the first time: when I met with the President sometime on June 6, 2023, I made up my mind that this was the president to travel with,” Mutfwang stated.
“Yes, we are not there yet. There are challenges in the country. We will not deny them, but definitely we are on the road to making things right. The security project is on course,” he stated.
“Mr President is committed to securing Nigeria, and I can testify as your governor that he has given us every encouragement,” Mutfwang stated.
“His body language is very clear that we must diminish and dismantle all the networks of criminals around the state and in the country so that Nigeria will be a better place to live,” he stated.
“This is not just a campaign support group; it is a movement. We are therefore going to continue that door-to-door movement and make sure that we reach every nook and cranny of this state to mobilise people,” the governor stated.
“We are carrying everybody along, and we are saying, let us make Plateau a place that is worthy for every Nigerian to live in. After all, we have the best weather in Nigeria,” Mutfwang stated.
“By the grace of God, the enemies of Nigeria and the enemies of Plateau State will not be victorious. We will be victorious over them,” he stated.
The governor urged residents to stay hopeful, expressing confidence that the nation was making progress in addressing its safety challenges.
Meanwhile, founding father of the PBAT Door-to-Door Campaign, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly often called Tompolo, was represented on the event by the National Coordinator, Hon. Adekanbi Sunday Asuku.
Tompolo donated 25 autos mounted with public handle system to strengthen grassroots mobilisation for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election and different APC candidates forward of the 2027 basic elections
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