Politics
Atiku Says Tinubu’s 2027 Endorsement Means Nothing Because Only Nigerians Can Decide
Former presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed the endorsement of President Bola Tinubu’s second term bid by APC governors and leaders of the National Assembly, calling it a desperate move from a panicked administration. The endorsement came during the APC National Summit in Abuja, where Senate President Godswill Akpabio declared Tinubu the party’s and Nigeria’s sole candidate for the 2027 election.
Reacting through his media aide, Paul Ibe, Atiku said the approval of Nigerians, not political endorsements, will decide the future of the country. He criticized the Tinubu-led administration for focusing on 2027 while the nation struggles with worsening insecurity and economic hardship.
“Our coalition is confident because we’ve prepared well,” Ibe told journalists in Abuja. “It’s the Nigerian people who will decide, not staged endorsements. The way this administration is behaving shows they are clearly worried.” He added that while families battle rising food prices, school fees, and lack of access to healthcare, the government seems more interested in political drama than solving real problems.
Tonye Cole speaks out on Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s emergence and continuation as the Governor of Rivers State.
He shared his thoughts, saying the governor likely consulted with his close allies before making key decisions.
“My assumption is that the governor would have gone with his own close allies, discussed with them, and said that this is the best way, that he has to move forward for the next six months or thereabouts of his administration. I would assume that’s what he did.”
“But I am not in his chamber, so I wouldn’t know. But that’s what I would assume he would do.”
He added “But having taken the responsibility to come and finish his term, then he has to finish it in the way that allows him to govern. He can’t go back into fighting.”
Politician and former President Olusegun Obasanjo speaks on Nigeria and shares that the possibility of Nigeria surviving another civil war is quite low.
He revealed that the issues that led to the Biafra War have not been resolved and that if another war breaks out, it will be much harder to resolve.
Reflecting on the civil war, he shared “The conditions that led to the Nigerian civil war years ago still remain unresolved.”
“I was involved in the civil war, but whenever people ask me about the Asaba massacre, I always tell them I cannot give details because Murtala Muhammed was responsible for operations in that area.”
Nigerian businessman Isaac Fayose pleads with the government and President Tinubu that the minimum wage needs to be increased.
He shared that the current minimum wage of ₦70,000 is not enough considering the current state of the country and urged the government to increase it to ₦200,000.
“President Tinubu, have mercy on our people and increase the minimum wage to ₦200,000 now. I don’t think anyone can survive on the current ₦70,000 minimum wage. ₦70,000 is nothing. If we don’t solve the minimum wage problem, we can’t solve crime.”
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