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2027: WHY NIGERIANS ARE READY TO STAND AGAIN WITH PRESIDENT TINUBU, APC
By Musa Bakare
The loudest political statement in Nigeria today is not echoing from television studios, social media echo chambers, or opposition press conferences. It rises from the silent, unshakable resilience of millions of ordinary Nigerians who have chosen to walk the hard road with Asiwju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress, even as the opposition rages against reforms they lack the courage to embrace.
The over ten million votes in the APC primary were not conjured by noise. They were forged in political credibility, strategic foresight, and a deep understanding that Nigeria needed a leader bold enough to confront demons that previous administrations merely decorated with excuses.
Today, that support is not shrinking, it is hardening into conviction.
The Nigerian people are watching. They see a government that stepped into office and immediately dismantled the dangerous illusions that nearly buried our economy.
For years, Nigeria operated like a nation afraid to tell itself the truth. Fuel subsidy became a pipeline for corruption. Multiple exchange rates became a playground for manipulation. Public finances were held hostage by elite profiteers while the masses bore the weight.
President Tinubu did not postpone difficult decisions. He confronted them head on.
History shall record that moment not as political convenience, but as political courage.
The removal of fuel subsidy was not easy but Nigerians understood a deeper truth: no nation can feed corruption and expect prosperity.
Exchange rate unification shook entrenched interests because too many powerful people had grown fat on a fraudulent system.
Local government autonomy shattered the empire of political control that had imprisoned grassroots development.
Tax reforms, infrastructure expansion, student loan initiatives, regional development commissions, renewed investor confidence, more money to the state governments all points in one direction: rebuilding Nigeria from its broken foundations upward.
This is why the opposition is increasingly confused.
They expected Nigerians to abandon the Renewed Hope Agenda once the reforms hurt.
Instead, millions are beginning to understand that genuine transformation is never comfortable at the beginning.
Nations rise through discipline, sacrifice, and leadership with the courage to endure criticism while laying foundations for a future others only dared to imagine.
Across markets, communities, campuses, transport hubs among ordinary citizens there is a growing recognition: Nigeria is no longer operating under business as usual.
There is now a government willing to make decisions that many feared to touch for decades.
The opposition offers anger. Tinubu offers structure.
The opposition offers emotional speeches. Tinubu offers institutional reforms.
The opposition offers blame. Tinubu offers direction.
And Nigerians see the difference.
The 2027 election will not be merely a contest between political parties. It will be a national decision between continuity of reform and a dangerous return to an era of economic deception, policy cowardice, and elite manipulation.
Millions of Nigerians understand what is at stake.
They know that reforms abandoned halfway destroy a nation faster than reforms never started. They know that stabilizing an economy battered for years requires patience, consistency, and political will. They know that rebuilding confidence in governance cannot happen overnight.
That is why the coalition forming quietly across Nigeria on behalf of President Tinubu is larger than political structures. It is becoming a movement of citizens who may disagree on many things but agree on one central truth: Nigeria cannot afford to retreat backward.
Over ten million Nigerans already made that statement.
In 2027, that number will become louder.
Because despite the propaganda, despite the attacks, despite the coordinated outrage industry that profits from instability, millions of Nigerians still believe in the person, the project, and the programme of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
They believe the Renewed Hope Agenda is not a slogan. It is the difficult, beautiful birth of a stronger Nigeria.
And come 2027, they are prepared to defend that belief massively at the ballot box.
Thank you, fellow Nigerians, for staying the course with the Jagaban, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu – the man of destiny.
Musa Asiru Bakare
Member of APC | Political Analyst | Writes from Lokoja, Kogi State
May 26, 2026