President Bola Tinubu is set to travel Friday to the nation’s oil-rich South-South region for a two-day swing through Akwa Ibom and Rivers States for the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign rallies ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
The two visits will feature a mix of commissioning of projects with the political rallies pushing head a case of massive support for his re-election bid.
Special Adviser on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga in a statement Thursday said the President will begin in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom capital, where he is scheduled to commission a slate of projects completed under Governor Umo Eno, including a new international terminal at Victor Attah International Airport, an airport hospital and the Ibom Aviation Village.
The state government has declared Friday a work-free day ahead of the visit.
President Tinubu is also expected to open the Airport-Okopedi Road, which runs through Nsit Atai and Okobo local government areas, and Ring Road 3, a link between Idoro Road and Ikot Ekpene Road through Uyo and Ibiono Ibom.
Other projects on the agenda include the AKWA-GIS Office Complex, a Command and Control Centre and the ARISE Palm Resort.
On Saturday, President Tinubu will head to Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, for the rally – his third since launching his re-election campaign in Kaduna last Month.
NewsQuest reports that the trip offers President Tinubu a chance to court political stakeholders and supporters in two strategically important States while projecting a message of unity, stability and national progress.
APC earlier itinerary identified 12 strategic locations where President Tinubu is expected to join the party’s presidential campaign activities, with rallies planned across the country’s six geopolitical zones.
