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A group for the re-election of President Tinubu into office during the 2027 election, Relax Tinubu is Fixing Nigeria (RTFIN), has assured of landslide victory for President Tinubu in Anambra and across the five Southeast states during the presidential elections.
The South East Coordinator of the movement, Chief Johnbosco Onunkwo, who literarily shut down Awka, yesterday, with thousands of supporters for President Tinubu during a town hall meeting of the group, said that considering the quantum of development projects undertaken within the last three years of Tinubu’s administration and various economic reforms with impact, people of the southeast will vote overwhelmingly to re-elect him into office.
Onunkwo, who was also recently appointed National Director for Organisational Improvement of RTFIN, defended Tinubu’s economic reforms, particularly the removal of the petrol subsidy and measures aimed at stabilising the economy.
He said the town hall meeting was aimed at strengthening the group’s grassroots structures and taking information about Federal Government programmes and policies to communities across the region.
“Our President, President Bola Tinubu, inherited a kwashiorkored country. He came in when Nigeria was sick—and the sickness was so severe that he was not giving us Panadol. Panadol does not cure. He went into total care of our country by taking us to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital,” Onunkwo said.
He said the reforms were beginning to produce results and urged Nigerians to give Tinubu another term to consolidate them. Onunkwo said the movement had compiled what it described as 333 achievements of the administration nationwide, including between 44 and 47 initiatives it identified in the South East.
He cited NELFUND, support for small and medium-sized enterprises, railway projects, road construction, and the South East Development Commission among the initiatives highlighted by the group.
“We have so far compiled 333 achievements of the president. In the South East alone, we have gotten up to 44 or 47 quality achievements. What we are saying is that he has to continue,” he said.
Onunkwo said the movement would work with other pro-Tinubu organisations, including the City Boy Movement, to intensify mobilisation across Anambra and the wider South East.
“We in ‘Relax, Tinubu Is Fixing Nigeria’, in collaboration with City Boy Movement, are doing all we can to make sure that Tinubu, our President, wins convincingly in Anambra State and convincingly in the South East,” he said.
The Director-General of the movement, Ahmed Bala, was represented by the National Secretary and Chief of Staff, Eleojo Audu.
Welcoming participants, the Anambra State Coordinator, Chika Aniemena, said the meeting was designed to promote civic engagement, provide information on government policies, and encourage citizens to participate in national development.
Aniemena said the South East had considerable human and entrepreneurial potential and could contribute more to Nigeria’s development if supported by appropriate policies and infrastructure. He said the movement’s role included helping citizens understand government programmes while encouraging accountability, peaceful participation, and national unity.
The National Director, Town Hall and Special Duties, Dr Farida Ibrahim, said the meeting was designed to promote dialogue between citizens and government.
“This town hall is not merely a political gathering. It is an opportunity to educate, to exchange ideas and, most importantly, to strengthen the relationship between citizens and governments,” Ibrahim said.
She said the organisation’s role went beyond praising the administration.
“Our role is, therefore, not to simply praise the government. Our role is also to listen to the people, communicate accurately, encourage constructive participation, and promote peaceful community development,” she said.
Ibrahim identified education, support for small and medium-sized enterprises, infrastructure, transportation, agriculture, and digital development as areas requiring sustained attention in the South East.
She urged young people and women to take advantage of government programmes providing access to education, finance, skills, and other economic opportunities.
She also highlighted the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, saying it could help eligible students pursue higher education despite financial constraints.
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Ibrahim said traders, artisans, farmers, transport operators, technology entrepreneurs, manufacturers, and other small-business owners remained critical to the region’s economy.
A patron of the movement, Barrister Donald Chidi Amamgbo, said his support for Tinubu was based on what he described as the administration’s record of projects and reforms.
Amamgbo said Nigerians should assess the government’s policies and projects before reaching conclusions about its performance.
“Over 300 real projects that will fundamentally change Nigeria have been implemented by this government. If that’s the case, we need continuity in government and governance,” he said.
He acknowledged that the administration was not perfect but said it had demonstrated what he described as a results-oriented approach.
“Are they a perfect set of political actors? Absolutely not: nobody is perfect. But are they result-oriented? The answer is yes,” Amamgbo said.
He urged Nigerians to give Tinubu another four years to consolidate policies that, he said, were beginning to produce results.
“Personally, I think Mr. President should be given another four years to execute some of these policies that are beginning to yield results around the country,” he said.
Amamgbo also addressed the administration’s failure to meet some of its earlier promises, including a commitment to tackle Nigeria’s power problems within six months. He said he had not expected the power crisis to be resolved within six months, describing the promise as an indication of Tinubu’s willingness to confront a longstanding national problem.
“Power is central to development. He has already passed regulations decentralising power production to the states, so that everybody becomes a power producer. It is not all up to the Federal Government; state and local governments have roles to play,” he said.
He also cited local government financial autonomy as an example of what he described as a bold reform.
In the South East, Amamgbo urged voters to approach the 2027 election as a political negotiation rather than solely on the basis of emotion.
“I told them to make a business decision, not an emotional decision. We can waste our votes and become irrelevant in national politics—politics is a horse trade—or we can recognise that he is the incumbent and most positioned to win,” he said.
He argued that supporting the incumbent could give the South East greater leverage to demand political and developmental concessions.
“If we show support, we gain the right to demand changes in our geopolitical zone. If we keep making emotional decisions based on ‘we don’t like this party’ or ‘we don’t like this person,’ we throw our votes away,” Amamgbo said.
He said political leaders should take the APC’s message to the grassroots while negotiating specific commitments in return for electoral support.
“We, as leaders, are taking the message of the APC to the grassroots, acting as character witnesses to say, ‘Give them a chance, and in return, do X, Y, and Z for us.’ That is how politics is done,” he said.
The meeting ended with calls for stronger coordination among the movement’s structures and continued engagement with communities across Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia, and Imo states.
The organisers said the mobilisation was part of their broader campaign to promote Tinubu’s policies and build support for his re-election in 2027.
