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•APC stakeholders pass confidence vote in Tinubu’s re-election
From Romanus Ugwu, who was in Kaduna
Kaduna State, the venue of the presidential campaign flag off, was agog on Saturday, as thousands of Nigerians from far and near grounded both vehicular and human traffic to welcome President Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for next year’s presidential election.
Donning all manner of branded uniforms, the supporters had shut down all entrance roads into Kaduna Township Stadium, venue of the campaign rally, drumming, dancing and sitting besides the roads, waiting patiently for the arrival of President Tinubu.
While many of the supporters slept inside the stadium venue, others had arrived as early as 5.00am to beat the odds of gaining entrance, just as several others lined the roads many kilometres into the stadium initially parked to the bream.
Expectedly, security was top notch as security agencies numbering thousands took over the strategic points to the stadium, mounting several checkpoints, screening those jostling to gain entrance before allowing.
The intimidating crowd surged endlessly while the thousands of supporters that wanted to be part of the historic event jostled to break the multiple security barriers.
Many of those that came to the stadium became angry and left the venue in disappointment after waiting endlessly for Mr President, as hunger and tiredness began to weigh them down over the failure of the organisers to provide sufficient food and drinks.
However, a sizeable number of the crowd had endured the pains until President Tinubu finally made triumphant entry into the stadium around 3.00pm.
Speaker after speaker, comprising the Director-General APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, the host governor, Uba Sani, Minister of Works, David Umahi and Vice President Kashim Shettima among others had justified why President Tinubu deserves re-election.
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According to the PCC DG, said: “Mr President, we have seen what you have been doing. We have seen what is on the ground. If we talk about the economy, we know the state of the economy when you stepped into the leadership of this country.”
“Today, the total indices have changed completely to the advantage of Nigeria and other countries of the world.
“We Nigerians, at the head of this campaign, are going to campaign with our records. Our records are there. The infrastructure is there. What y ou did in health, education and human capital development is there. The students are there. The transparent cash and conditional cash transfers are also there for men and women,” Yari noted.
In his remarks, the host governor, Uba Sani said: “Mr President, your decisive interventions in transportation, education, healthcare, agriculture, security and human capital development have brought revival and truly renewed the hope of our people.”
“Under your Excellency’s Renewed Hope Agenda, massive developmental interventions by the Federal Government have reached completion in Kaduna State and the North. Several others remain under construction or are passing through approval, funding and implementation. Each carries an obligation to deliver lasting public value.
“That is why today we are affirming our resolve as a people to massively come out in January 2027 to vote for continuity. We are voting for a promise keeper to continue with the good work he is already doing in Kaduna State and in general,” the governor noted.
While dismissing any threat from Atiku, the Kaduna governor said: “When someone came to us and said we should vote for him simply because he is a Northerner, we asked him, “Can you show us a track record?” Until this moment, the so-called Northern candidate has not shown us his track record, Mr President. No track record. And we keep asking. I dare say that even Mr Vice President, sitting there, I was talking to him at the airport, and I told him history would remember him. I pointed out to him that, as Vice President under you, more than 1,000 kilometres of roads have already been constructed in the northern part of Nigeria.
Again, we asked the Northern candidate, “Can you show us 200 kilometres of road that you were able to help the people of the North-East with while you were Vice President?” Till this moment, we have not seen one,” he chided.
