Shettima hails Tinubu’s South-East investments as APC campaigns in Ebonyi

Vice President Kashim Shettima has said President Bola Tinubu’s investments in security, infrastructure and agriculture are transforming the South-East economy.

Speaking yesterday at an All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign rally in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Shettima said federal interventions were designed to improve regional connectivity and food security.

He highlighted major transport projects, including the Calabar–Ebonyi–Benue–Kogi–Nasarawa–Abuja Superhighway, the Ndibe Bridge and the Enugu–Abakaliki–Ogoja Expressway, noting they would ease the movement of goods and lower business costs.

Shettima also pointed to the establishment of the Nigerian Army Recruits Training Depot in Amasiri-Edda and the South-East Development Commission as key steps to reinforce regional stability and development.

Campaign Director-General Senator Abdulaziz Yari and Minister of Works David Umahi urged Ebonyi voters to deliver between 1.2 million and 1.3 million votes for Tinubu in the upcoming presidential election. However, Ebonyi Governor Francis Nwifuru appealed to the President to fund a 330kV transmission line to support local industrialisation.

Meanwhile, opposition figures criticised the administration. Allied Peoples Movement presidential candidate Seyi Makinde claimed the APC had built a Nigeria that worked only for the privileged few and failed to improve living conditions.

The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) also accused the ruling party of suffocating the opposition and exploiting ethnic and religious divisions. In a statement by National Chairman Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the PRP alleged that the APC was using state power to frustrate rival campaigns.