2027: 1m Votes From Ondo Small For Tinubu

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC), has mentioned
a million votes from Ondo state for President Bola Tinubu in subsequent 12 months’s presidential election can be small.

APC-PCC Director-General, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, mentioned this in Akure, the Ondo state capital through the presidential marketing campaign rally within the South Western state.

This was because the host govenror, Lucky Ayedatiwa promised that Ondo state “will return Mr President with a minimum of one million votes.”

However Yari mentioned Ondo state with three ministers – Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (Interior); Dr Taiwo Oyedele (Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy); Ayodele Olawande (Youth) and different key appointments can’t restrict itself to 1 million votes for Tinubu.

“I’ll point out the three distinguished ministers that you’ve on this state. Number one, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy who controls the complete cash of Nigerians.
Number two, the Minister of Interior and quantity three, the Minister who’s in command of the complete youth of Nigeria.

“Let me say: the Managing Director of the Bank of Industry can also be from this state. Another one is Special Adviser on Energy, Oil and Gas.

“These 5 positions are equal to about ten ministers in Ondo state. Asiwaju is just not from Ondo, however he’s Ondo as his dwelling state.

“This one million votes you said, governor as the DG of the Asiwaju Presidential Campaign Council is still small. Governor, one million votes, you have to think twice,” he mentioned.

The former Zamfara state governor famous that other than the appointments, the state has additionally benefited significantly from the infrastructure drive and interventionist programmes of the Tinubu administration.

“This is what Asiwaju has completed for you with out touching the infrastructure, with out touching the NELFUND, with out touching the money conditional switch from the Renewed Hope. All these are the efficiency of Asiwaju in Ondo state alone.

“How I want my state might change into like Ondo state.
Ondo, on the sixteenth of January, you might want to come out, youths, girls and the aged to make sure that Asiwaju wins.

“We are not looking for Asiwaju to win by a margin. We are looking for Asiwaju to get millions of votes that will give the margin for the presidency.
We count on you because Asiwaju has done his own part. We are now waiting for you to do your own part on the 16th of January, 2027, by the grace of Almighty God,” he mentioned.

Yari thanked Ayedatiwa for the mobilisation of help and urged Ondo APC stakeholders to group up with the governor to make sure that Tinubu wins with a large margin in Ondo.

“All this mobilisation we have seen from entering Akure to where we are today, we appreciate the leaders and we want the leaders to work together to ensure maximum votes for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he added.

In his remarks, the APC-PCC Secretary and govenror of Imo state, Senator Hope Uzodimma
urged the folks of Ondo who’re but to gather their Permanent Voter Cards(PVCs) to take action to be eligible to vote for Tinubu and different APC candidates.

Uzodimma who’s the Chairman of Progressives Governors Forum, mentioned all APC governors have all agreed to throw their complete weight behind the president.

“I’ve noticed that by the final depend, we have now 2.4 million registered voters in Ondo state. Out of the two.4 million votes, just one.4 million PVCs have been collected. Your PVCs are nonetheless mendacity at INEC workplaces, very shut to 1 million but to be collected.

“The query is:with out your PVC, how will you help President Bola Ahmed Tinubu?
I subsequently urge you to go to the INEC workplaces and gather all of your PVCs which might be mendacity down there in order that, on January sixteenth you’ll be eligible to vote. That is one.

“Number two, I’ve seen the keenness. All the leaders in Ondo state are in help of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. An unbelievable goodwill I’ve seen is commendable however I feel you may make the work simpler if you’re united, if you happen to embrace teamwork, and if you happen to love your neighbour as your self.
We should make sacrifices.

“I also want you to know that, from what I have discovered, Ondo state is like the home state of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. You all know that charity begins at home. You must come out en masse, drop all grievances, be enthusiastic, and vote massively for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he added.

Also talking, the National Chairman of APC, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda mentioned the celebration has introduced the perfect candidate to Nigerians for the 2027 presidential election and urged the folks of Ondo to vote for President Tinubu.

“I’m right here to ask a easy query, which we’re additionally right here to reply on the similar time. We are right here as a result of 18 candidates have been introduced as presidential candidates by 18 political events forward of the January sixteenth presidential election.

“The query is: amongst these 18 candidates, who has the knowledge of expertise, knowledge of publicity, knowledge of preparation and knowledge of goal? Who is the person who can take us to the subsequent degree?

“That is why at the moment, I’m right here to current a candidate who’s fearless. A candidate who doesn’t run from any drawback. He confronts all challenges. He has confronted the financial challenges of Nigeria, and he has stabilised the economic system.

“He got here when greater than 31 states couldn’t pay salaries. Today, all of them pays salaries. Who is that one that can construct our establishments? Is it not President Bola Ahmed Tinubu?

“I present the most competent ticket, the ticket that will not cut. I present to you the candidate who is more prepared, a candidate who has all the qualities of leadership that they generally need at this defining moment,” Yilwatda added.