2027: We Can’t Return To Economic Carelessness But Vote Tinubu For Sustainability – APC-PPC Spokesperson

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PPC), Spokesperson II, Mallam Alwan Hassan, has appealed to Nigerians to vote President Bola Tinubu at the 2027 general election so the country will not return to an era of economic carelessness in which the people consumed what is meant for the future today.

According to him, the re-election of President Tinubu is a question of stability, sustainability and the need to complete the difficult work of building a stronger economy for future generations.

Hassan who stated this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Sunday, said Tinubu in his first term, embarked on economic reforms that successive administrations and his present competitors had repeatedly acknowledged were necessary but
none possessed either the courage or the political will to implement them.

The APC-PPC Spokesperson II, argued that every serious economist understood that Nigeria was heading towards a fiscal crisis as fuel subsidies had become unsustainable.

“We were borrowing to subsidise consumption, including fuel consumed outside our borders. We were spending trillions of Naira maintaining an artificial foreign-exchange system that rewarded privileged insiders while manufacturers, legitimate businesses and ordinary Nigerians struggled to obtain foreign exchange.

“We were sitting on a time bomb. And President Tinubu chose to defuse it rather than leave it for our children. Let me say this clearly: the reforms President Tinubu has undertaken were unavoidable,” he said.

Hassan declared that anyone promising Nigerians a return to unlimited subsidies, multiple exchange rates and reckless borrowing is either being dishonest or does not understand how an economy is managed, saying such a person cannot be trusted with the future of Nigeria.

He insisted that Tinubu is laying the right economic foundation, saying the work had been difficult, but the results are beginning to show.

Hassan stated that the reforms introduced by the president have significantly increased monthly allocations from the Federation Account (FAAC) to the federal, state and local governments since 2023.

“This means that states now have more resources to build infrastructure, improve public services and invest in healthcare, education and economic development. The resources available to our Governors have increased significantly.

“President Tinubu’s reforms have brought more money and greater responsibility closer to the people through the States. This President also took decisive action in support of financial autonomy for local governments,”he stated.

The APC chieftain also said the Tinubu administration was undertaking one of the most extensive infrastructure programmes in Nigeria’s recent history.

Hassan pointed out that: “in Cross River state, work has been completed on the Calabar–Ugep–Katsina-Ala corridor. Same with Rivers State, at the East–West Road and Eleme Junction axis. In Enugu, the New Artisan Bridge has been reconstructed. The Akpoha Bridge in Ebonyi, the Shendam Bridge in Plateau and the Jimeta Bridge in Adamawa have all been completed.