{"id":16212,"date":"2026-11-12T17:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/shettima-akpabio-yari-uzodimma-rally-edo-voters-for-tinubus-second-term-businessday-ng\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T17:46:02","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:46:02","slug":"shettima-akpabio-yari-uzodimma-rally-edo-voters-for-tinubus-second-term-businessday-ng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/shettima-akpabio-yari-uzodimma-rally-edo-voters-for-tinubus-second-term-businessday-ng\/","title":{"rendered":"Shettima, Akpabio, Yari, Uzodimma rally Edo voters for Tinubu\u2019s second term – Businessday NG"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Abdul\u2019aziz Yari, Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, and Hope Uzodimma, Imo State governor and chairman of the Progressives Governors\u2019 Forum (PGF), on Thursday led the party\u2019s campaign drive in Edo State, rallying voters behind President Bola Tinubu\u2019s bid for a second term in the January 16, 2027 presidential election.\n<\/p>\n

The APC leaders made the call at the party\u2019s presidential campaign rally in Benin City, where Governor Monday Okpebholo also declared his readiness to mobilise massive votes for Tinubu, assuring the Vice President that Edo State was prepared to deliver victory for the President.\n<\/p>\n

Shettima, who highlighted the federal government\u2019s infrastructure, energy, healthcare and social interventions in the state, said the administration has not abandoned its commitment to addressing Edo\u2019s development needs.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cSome work has been completed, some is underway. Other commitments remain before us,\u201d he said,. Shettima urged residents to judge the administration by the impact of its policies and projects.\n<\/p>\n

He listed the ongoing dualisation of roads linking Ekoma, Auchi and Okene, emergency repairs on the Benin-Asaba and other highways, as well as the completion of the Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben gas pipelin.<\/p>\n

According to him, new transmission lines capable of adding 600 megawatts to the national grid, the commissioning of the Amopi substation and solar mini-grids, and proposed investments in refining were part of efforts to revive industrial activities in the state.\n<\/p>\n

The Vice President also cited interventions at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, including radiotherapy and dialysis services, alongside support for 158 public health facilities, farmers, entrepreneurs and vulnerable communities.\n<\/p>\n

He said the return of Benin artefacts was also progressing, noting that Cambridge and Sweden had transferred ownership of some Benin treasures to Nigeria.\n<\/p>\n

Read also:\u00a0Tinubu\u2019s infrastructural drive secures strong South-South backing ahead of 2027 polls<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

Yari, in his appeal, asked Edo voters to support Tinubu on January 16, 2027, arguing that the President has demonstrated commitment to the state despite not originating from the South-South.<\/p>\n

He defended the administration\u2019s security record, linking improved peace in the oil-producing region to increased crude oil production, which he said had risen to about 1.8 million barrels per day.\n<\/p>\n

In his remarks, Akpabio declared the election in Edo already settled, saying the South-South had resolved to deliver overwhelming votes for Tinubu. \u201cPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu has no competition in the whole of the South-South,\u201d he said. He cited federal infrastructure and security interventions.\n<\/p>\n

Also, Governor Okpebholo urged residents to deliver President Tinubu in the January 16, 2027 presidential election, citing his administration\u2019s achievements, including NELFUND support for about 15,000 Edo indigenes, regular payment of salaries and pensions, and ongoing infrastructure projects across the state.\n<\/p>\n

He attributed the progress to Tinubu\u2019s bold economic reforms, particularly fuel subsidy removal and tax reforms.\n<\/p>\n

Hope Uzodimma, Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, urged residents to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), warning that public support would count only if translated into votes.<\/p>\n

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Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Abdul\u2019aziz Yari, Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, and Hope Uzodimma, Imo State governor and chairman of the… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16212","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=16212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}