{"id":13872,"date":"2026-11-10T07:15:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T07:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/2027-tinubu-will-win-he-has-no-competition-orji-kalu\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T07:15:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T07:15:47","slug":"2027-tinubu-will-win-he-has-no-competition-orji-kalu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/2027-tinubu-will-win-he-has-no-competition-orji-kalu\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: Tinubu will win, he has no competition \u2014 Orji Kalu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"650\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2027-Tinubu-will-win-he-has-no-competition-\u2014-Orji-Kalu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sen Orji Kalu\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2027-Tinubu-will-win-he-has-no-competition-\u2014-Orji-Kalu.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-178-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Abia State Governor and Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu will win re-election in 2027, declaring that the President has no serious political challenger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kalu made the prediction on Monday during an appearance on Arise PrimeTime, the flagship evening current affairs programme of Arise News Television, where he defended Tinubu\u2019s economic reforms and declared that Nigeria\u2019s economy had stabilised.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former Senate Chief Whip, who chairs the Senate Committee on the South East Development Commission, also defended the administration against criticism over the economic hardship associated with its policies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He argued that Tinubu had stabilised the economy at the macroeconomic level, saying the major challenge now was to translate that progress into improved living conditions for households and businesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPresident Tinubu has been able to stabilise this economy on the macro level. What we are battling now, having stabilised the economy on the macro level, is the micro level,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kalu said the administration\u2019s next priority should be to boost agricultural production, improve security and create an enabling environment for manufacturers to access raw materials and increase production capacity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acknowledging the economic difficulties facing Nigerians, he maintained that the country was beginning to experience greater economic predictability, arguing that reforms often come with temporary hardships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also credited Tinubu with improving Nigeria\u2019s international economic relations, saying the country was increasingly attracting the attention of foreign investors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the 2027 presidential election, the senator dismissed the opposition\u2019s chances, insisting that Tinubu would secure another four-year term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPresident Tinubu will win. President Tinubu has no competition. The APC\u2019s electoral strength goes beyond the personality of the President. The ruling party enjoys a broad political structure and substantial grassroots support across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we are seeing on social media is not what is on the ground. Our party is very huge, and the supporters of that party are large. We have huge numbers of people supporting this party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kalu added that APC lawmakers and other political stakeholders were already mobilising to consolidate the party\u2019s electoral strength in their respective constituencies ahead of the election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also appealed for political stability, urging Nigerians to prioritise national unity and allow elected presidents to complete their constitutionally permitted terms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe unity of this country is very important. Let\u2019s not question the unity. We allowed President Buhari to do his eight years and go, and we must allow Tinubu to do his eight years and go,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defending the economic reforms, Kalu urged Nigerians to consider their long-term objectives rather than focus solely on the immediate hardship associated with their implementation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou can\u2019t do reform without people suffering. You cannot; it\u2019s not possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On his political relationship with the Igbo political establishment, his decision to remain in the All Progressives Congress and his future political ambitions, Kalu maintained that his choices were guided by his assessment of national development and loyalty to his party rather than ethnic considerations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard Newspaper<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/2027-tinubu-will-win-he-has-no-competition-orji-kalu\/\">2027: Tinubu will win, he has no competition \u2014 Orji Kalu<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Abia State Governor and Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu will win re-election in 2027, declaring that the President has no&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}