Tinubu Has Done More For Plateau Than Any Past Presidents – Yilwatda

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, has said President Bola Tinubu has done more for Plateau State than past presidents, citing projects and interventions attracted to the state by the present administration.

Yilwatda stated this on Wednesday at the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement rally in Jos, where he urged APC supporters to support Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, saying Plateau had no reason to support another presidential candidate.

“Your son is the national chairman of the APC. We are part and parcel of the system. We are in the inner caucus of the system. We have no reason to thumbprint any other presidential candidate on the Plateau at all,” he said.

“President Bola Tinubu is a friend of Plateau State. No president in the history of Nigeria has been able to stand with the state the way Mr President has done for us,” Yilwatda said.

“Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, was vice-president for eight years. ”

“Show me one road or one thing that we had on the Plateau.”

“Show me one N10 billion project on the Plateau within that period,” he said, challenging the former vice-president to identify a major project worth N10 billion executed in the state during his eight years in office.

“The best we could have in those days was a borehole, or they would bring Keke Napep for us. Today, the President is bringing major projects to the Plateau,” he said.

“He has given us a university and assigned so many projects to Plateau State,” Yilwatda said, citing investments in education, healthcare, infrastructure and security.

“If you ask any Plateau man, ‘What is your problem?’ The number one problem is insecurity, and Mr President has addressed it,” he said.

Also speaking at the rally, Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang declared his support for Tinubu, saying he had become convinced of the President’s commitment to Nigeria despite belonging to a different political party at the time.

“Let me make a public confession for the first time: when I met with the President sometime on June 6, 2023, I made up my mind that this was the president to travel with,” Mutfwang said.

“Yes, we are not there yet. There are challenges in the country. We will not deny them, but definitely we are on the road to making things right. The security project is on course,” he said.

“Mr President is committed to securing Nigeria, and I can testify as your governor that he has given us every encouragement,” Mutfwang said.

“His body language is very clear that we must diminish and dismantle all the networks of criminals around the state and in the country so that Nigeria will be a better place to live,” he said.

“This is not just a campaign support group; it is a movement. We are therefore going to continue that door-to-door movement and make sure that we reach every nook and cranny of this state to mobilise people,” the governor said.

“We are carrying everybody along, and we are saying, let us make Plateau a place that is worthy for every Nigerian to live in. After all, we have the best weather in Nigeria,” Mutfwang said.

“By the grace of God, the enemies of Nigeria and the enemies of Plateau State will not be victorious. We will be victorious over them,” he said.

The governor urged residents to remain hopeful, expressing confidence that the country was making progress in addressing its security challenges.

Meanwhile, founder of the PBAT Door-to-Door Campaign, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, was represented at the occasion by the National Coordinator, Hon. Adekanbi Sunday Asuku.

Tompolo donated 25 vehicles mounted with public address system to strengthen grassroots mobilisation for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election and other APC candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections