South-East must be strategic to get presidency – Umahi

Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has urged the Southeast to follow a strategical attack successful positioning itself to nutrient the adjacent president aft Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Umahi made the telephone connected Thursday during the opening of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway to vehicular traffic, a determination aimed astatine easing congestion up of the Easter celebrations.

The curate besides expressed assurance that the Southeast would present 80 per cent of its votes to Tinubu successful the 2027 wide elections.

“I privation to telephone connected the leaders of the Southeast to beryllium bold successful persuading our radical to ballot for Mr. President,” helium said.

He added that governance is anchored connected “development, gathering infrastructure, ensuring fairness, promoting equity, and upholding justice.”

Umahi further stressed the request for overwhelming electoral support, saying: “We can’t spend to springiness him thing little than 80 percent; bash that and permission the remainder to us. We’ll boldly spell to the dialog table.

“Let nary 1 disagreement our votes, fto nary 1 confuse us. I was shouting that successful 2023 erstwhile I was the governor, hole the mode for the lord.”

South-East indispensable beryllium strategical to get presidency – Umahi