{"id":13690,"date":"2026-11-09T20:15:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T20:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/2027-makinde-accuses-tinubus-government-of-building-nigeria-that-works-only-for-elites-businessday-ng\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T20:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T20:15:53","slug":"2027-makinde-accuses-tinubus-government-of-building-nigeria-that-works-only-for-elites-businessday-ng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/2027-makinde-accuses-tinubus-government-of-building-nigeria-that-works-only-for-elites-businessday-ng\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: Makinde accuses Tinubu’s government of building Nigeria that works only for elites – Businessday NG"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2026Says insecurity denying Plateau tourism, jobs and economic opportunities<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State and presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), has accused President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration of building a Nigeria that works only for those in government, urging voters to remove the ruling political establishment in the 2027 general election.\n<\/p>\n

Makinde, who spoke on Tuesday at the APM presidential campaign rally in Jos, Plateau State, said the country needed a change in leadership, insisting that Nigerians had yet to experience the improved living conditions promised by the Federal Government following the removal of petrol subsidy.\n<\/p>\n

He accused the Tinubu administration of adopting policy ideas similar to those contained in his party\u2019s Reset Nigeria agenda, but questioned what the government had achieved in its three years in office.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we unveiled our RESET Agenda, I said in Abuja that they would soon start stealing our ideas. Now they have started. They say theirs is \u2018Reform to Prosperity\u2019. They now say they want a Nigeria that will work for everybody. What have they been doing over the past three years?\u201d Makinde asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have built a Nigeria that works only for them. Send the oppressors packing. Send them back to Lagos, and let us bring in the team that will reset Nigeria.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The governor urged supporters to take the party\u2019s campaign message to their respective polling units, arguing that electoral victories were secured through grassroots mobilisation.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease, go back to your various units and spread the RESET message. Elections are won at the unit level. Go back to your units with the RESET message. If Nigeria is not working for you, then let us reset it,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we reset Nigeria, we will have a country that works for everybody.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Makinde also linked improved security in Plateau State to the state\u2019s potential to develop its tourism industry, create jobs and expand its economy.<\/p>\n

He said the state\u2019s relatively cool evening weather and natural attractions could make it a destination for tourists if the security challenges confronting the area were addressed.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI would have preferred this rally to have been held in the evening because, since I arrived, I have enjoyed the cool weather in Jos every evening. This tells us that if we get security right, people will come to Plateau State for tourism,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cSecurity is a major pillar of the RESET Agenda. Once we start attracting tourists, our economy on the Plateau will expand, and we will create jobs for our teeming youths.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

He urged Nigerians to support his presidential ambition, saying his objective was to build a country that would work for the present and future generations.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, join me in building a Nigeria that will work for you, work for me and work for our children,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Yusuf Dantelle, national chairman of the APM, described the party\u2019s presidential campaign as a rescue mission, questioning the economic benefits Nigerians had received from the removal of petrol subsidy.\n<\/p>\n

Dantelle said the Federal Government had justified the removal of subsidy on the grounds that the policy would improve Nigerians\u2019 living conditions, but argued that households were yet to experience the promised relief.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cSubsidy has been withdrawn, according to the Federal Government, for one purpose: to give Nigerians a better life. But are we better off after that? We are paying through our noses. Food is not available. We cannot go to our farms. We cannot do anything,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n

He attributed the difficulties facing Nigerians to rising living costs and insecurity, which he said had also affected agricultural activities and the ability of farmers to access their farmlands.\n<\/p>\n

Describing the APM as an alternative political platform, Dantelle urged supporters to mobilise voters and communicate the party\u2019s message across their communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are here on a rescue mission, all of us. When you go back home, talk to somebody, who will talk to another person, and spread the message that there is a new party composed of people who fear God and have made a covenant with the people to ensure that what belongs to them is equitably returned to them. And that is the APM,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n

He said the party was committed to operating within the provisions of the Constitution and delivering what he described as equitable governance.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not here to lie to you or deceive you. We are here as messengers of God and humane people who work within the confines of the Constitution, provided by all of us for all of us. And that is what democracy stands for,\u201d Dantelle added.<\/p>\n

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