The ruling All Progressives Congress on Tuesday dismissed suggestions by opposition figure Peter Obi that President Bola Tinubu is exhausted and should step aside ahead of the 2027 election
APC National Chairman Nentawe Yilwatda made the remarks on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, insisting the president remains fully engaged in governing the country.
“Let me put it this way, especially to Obi, who claimed that Tinubu is tired—is he (Tinubu) going for boxing or 400 metres?” Yilwatda asked. “Are you telling me that the President who stays and works from morning till night is tired? These are the issues we are talking about.”
He argued that millions of Nigerians benefiting from government programmes would not support calls for Tinubu to leave office, citing the student loan scheme NELFUND as an example.
“Are you telling me that over a million students and mothers who depend heavily on and celebrate NELFUND would be praying that the President be retired?” he said.
Yilwatda also pointed to major infrastructure projects, including the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and new seaports under development in Calabar, Akwa Ibom, Port Harcourt, Ondo and Lagos, as evidence of ongoing progress.
“Are you telling me that people who have the coastal road from Lagos to Calabar, to Akwa Ibom and Port Harcourt, or the five seaports in Calabar, Akwa Ibom, Port Harcourt, Ondo and Lagos, are those who wish that the President be retired?” he added.
