The Kogi government and key political stakeholders in the state have assured President Bola Tinubu and the governing All Progressives Congress of overwhelming votes at all levels in the 2027 elections.

This, they said, was to enable the president to consolidate his reform programmes that have set the nation’s economy on the path of recovery, progress and prosperity.

This assurance came as the renewed hope ambassadors and the presidential media team rounded off the third day of their media tour of federal and state governments’ projects in the state.

Speaking on Tuesday at Gbede, Kingsley Fanwo, the commissioner for information and communications, said the people of Kogi are happy with several ongoing federal projects in the state and want more.

“Therefore, come January 2027, they will show their appreciation at the polls by voting for President Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress at all levels,” he said.

The commissioner said voting for the president in 2027 was to reciprocate his laudable reform programmes, which had freed resources to the sub-nationals, thereby enabling them to carry out unprecedented projects across the state.

Sunday Dare, special adviser to the president on media and public communications, who led the Renewed Hope Ambassadors/Presidential Media Team tour, said that based on the development projects embarked upon across the country, the “hopes of Nigerians are being renewed”.

The team inspected a 15-kilometre asphalted internal road network with drainage and a newly built Primary Health Centre as well as the Kabba-Egbe-Omuaran-Ilorin Road being reconstructed by the federal government.

Mr Dare lauded the developmental strides of the state government in education, health, roads, security and human capital development, affirming its alignment with the eight-point agenda of the Tinubu administration.

He said that what the team had seen during the inspection tour was a testament to the positive development strides of Governor Usman Ododo, affirming that the projects aligned with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Tinubu administration.

The special adviser said Mr Tinubu has prioritised infrastructural development across the nation, noting that the Federal Executive Council approved the reconstruction of the Kabba–Ilorin road, which had been abandoned for over three decades now.

The goal, according to him, is to reconstruct and rehabilitate roads in strategic corridors to boost connectivity and movement of goods.

The delegation was welcomed to Egbe by Tosin Olokun, chairman, Yagba West Local Government, and Joseph Oluwasegun, commissioner for environment and ecological management, a native of the community.

They commended Mr Ododo for the unprecedented development in the local government and the appointment of two sons of the community as commissioners.

In Okene, Abdulsalami Deedat, state commissioner for works, took the team around the inner roads in the ancient town, most of which were constructed with concrete pavement.

He also took them around major bridges constructed in the area as well as the erosion control project points and commended Mr Ododo for his commitment to grassroots development.

Mr Deedat also lauded Mr Tinubu for his reforms, stating that in 2027, Kogi would remain aligned with the President who had done a lot for the state.

(NAN)