Tinubu Must Stay mobilises South-South youths and women for the President’s 2027 re-election, citing infrastructure and empowerment programmes

The South-South Zonal Coordinator of Tinubu Must Stay, Ogie Clement, has urged youths and women across the region to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, arguing that continuity is necessary to sustain ongoing development programmes.

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Clement made the appeal on Friday at the Tinubu Must Stay Town Hall Meeting and Industrial Training Workshop held at Tamara Hall in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

He said the gathering was designed not only to promote political support for Tinubu but also to encourage skills acquisition, empowerment and economic opportunities for women and young people.

According to him, empowerment should go beyond political promises to providing practical skills that enable beneficiaries to become economically independent.

“Empowerment is not just a slogan. Empowerment is giving a young man a skill so he will not beg again. Empowerment is giving a woman a trade so she can feed her family with dignity.

“Empowerment is giving a community the tools to build its own future. Today, our youths and women will learn, grow and go home stronger,” he said.

The coordinator described Tinubu’s administration as one that had taken bold decisions and urged Nigerians not to abandon its programmes midway.

He maintained that the South-South had benefited from the administration’s infrastructure and empowerment initiatives, citing the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and support for oil-producing communities.

“In the South-South, we have felt it. From the Coastal Highway to the empowerment programmes, to the support for our oil-producing communities, this administration has not forgotten us,” Clement stated.

He argued that Nigeria could not afford to discontinue ongoing projects, insisting that continuity was important to achieving the country’s development objectives.

“We cannot afford to stop a good work halfway. A farmer does not abandon his house at foundation level. Nigeria must finish what it started. That is why we say Tinubu Must Stay,” he said.

Addressing participants at the industrial training workshop, Clement encouraged them to make the most of the opportunity by acquiring relevant skills, asking questions and building useful networks.

He said the movement was not limited to political mobilisation but also sought to improve livelihoods through empowerment initiatives.

“When you are empowered, Bayelsa is empowered. When Bayelsa is empowered, the South-South is empowered. When the South-South is empowered, Nigeria is empowered,” he added.

Clement also directed TMS coordinators across the six South-South states to intensify grassroots mobilisation by taking the campaign to local government areas, wards, communities and political units.

He urged members to remain united and cautioned against attempts to divide the region and the organisation.

The zonal coordinator thanked the Bayelsa State chapter for hosting the event and reaffirmed the group’s support for Tinubu, Vice-President Kashim Shettima and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Also speaking at the event, a political science lecturer at the Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Mr Chukwuebuka Okoye, urged Nigerians to give Tinubu more time to translate his economic reforms into improved living conditions.

Okoye compared the President’s reform agenda to farming, saying economic results required patience and time to materialise.

“What the President is telling us is: Give me more time. You don’t plant a seed today and start to reap the fruits that same day,” he said.

However, he stressed that the expected gains must eventually translate into affordable food, employment opportunities, reliable electricity and improved security.

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Okoye also urged Bayelsa stakeholders to communicate the development needs of their communities to the Federal Government ahead of the 2027 elections.