Ebenezer Adurokiya, Reporting
HIGH Chief Government Ekpemupolo, Grand Patron of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, has said President Bola Tinubu’s reforms are yielding results but require more time to consolidate — hence the need to re-elect him in the 2027 presidential election.
He made the remarks in Damaturu, Yobe State, on Friday during the unveiling of campaign vehicles donated to the state chapter of the APC by the Movement for grassroots mobilisation.
Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, said: “President Bola Tinubu’s policies have been wonderful. They have helped our governors to have more money for projects. They have put more money in the states than ever before.
“Today, your state governors have money to execute projects, your governors don’t owe salaries and pensions, and that is because of the economic reforms of President Bola Tinubu which are yielding results.”
The Grand Patron, who was represented by the Managing Director of Tantita Security Services Ltd (TSSL), Keston Pondi, likened the reforms to road rehabilitation, noting that such work comes with challenges but, once completed, “everyone enjoys the usage of the road.”
He said the results were already evident in areas such as local government autonomy and increased revenue to states.
“We are telling you that if you want these reforms which have made local government autonomy and steady salary payment possible to be consolidated, you must vote President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027. Re-elect the president for continuous reforms that will stand the test of time,” he added.
Earlier, National Coordinator of the Movement, Sunday Asuku, thanked the people of the state for their support so far and urged them to resist the opposition, which he said was out to deceive Nigerians.
“The landgrabbers are out to deceive Nigerians again, but we have come to tell you that collectively, we should tell them a resounding no. There is no vacancy in Aso Rock Villa; Aso Rock is for President Tinubu,” he stated.
Asuku reeled out the gains of the president’s reforms, emphasising the increased allocation to states from the federation account, which he said was responsible for the good roads, housing, water, electricity and other infrastructure Nigerians now enjoy.
“He has done a lot and we must give him more time to do more so that we can continue to enjoy the dividends of democracy,” he said.
“Don’t be deceived by the opposition; they don’t mean well for Nigerians. Nigerians should ask them what they did when they held different offices. Let us check their antecedents.
“One of them was a governor and medical doctors were on strike for almost one year while people were dying. We don’t want a repeat of such in Nigeria.”
The National Coordinator urged the people to come out massively and vote for Tinubu in 2027.
“Mobilise from door-to-door, street-to-street, area-to-area, farm-to-farm, settlement-to-settlement and vote APC from top to bottom,” he added.
In his remarks, Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni, who doubles as deputy director-general of the APC Campaign Council, commended the PBAT Movement for helping to make his job easier.
Buni, represented by Deputy Governor Alhaji Idi Barde Gubana, said there was no need to campaign for the APC in Yobe as the state was 100 per cent behind President Tinubu.
He assured the Movement of victory for Tinubu, saying Yobe had already restructured its campaign machinery from state to ward level in preparation for the polls.
The highlight of the event was the distribution of campaign vehicles and materials to support the door-to-door campaign in the state.
