Tinubu not bothered about 2027 election, says Presidency
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Presidency has reaffirmed that President Bola Tinubu is not currently focused on the 2027 election but is instead prioritising economic policies aimed at improving the lives of Nigerians.
Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, emphasised that the president is more concerned with the long-term impact of his reforms than with political maneuvering ahead of the next election.
In a Friday night post on his X page, Dare outlined key economic improvements under Tinubu’s leadership.
“President Tinubu is not worried about the next election. He’s worried about the shared prosperity that he can bring to Nigerians,” he wrote.
“He’s worried about how the reforms he has put in place will yield necessary impact. He is concerned about what happens to the economy of this country eventually. That’s the focus.”
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Dare highlighted several economic strides under Tinubu’s administration, including an increase in foreign reserves, decline in inflation, growing trade surplus, increased exports and reduced imports, over $50 billion in attracted investments and a drop in prices across various sectors.
He added, “We have clear data and you have a President that is clearly in the driver’s seat, and he has stayed the course of the decisions he has taken. And I think that the next election is not really in his view right now. It’s how to make sure that at the end of his first term, he can sit back and say, look, ‘I have impacted the lives of Nigerians. I have turned this economy around.’”
Dare’s remarks come amid political shifts, including efforts to form a coalition that could challenge Tinubu in 2027.
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, a founding member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), recently defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) after reportedly falling out of favour with Tinubu.
