APC unveils Tinubu’s 2027 manifesto, ‘Translating Reforms into Shared Prosperity’

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC) has unveiled President Bola Tinubu's manifesto for the 2027 election, under the theme "Translating Reforms into Shared Prosperity".

The council's spokesperson, Dele Alake, spoke in Abuja at a media pre-sensitisation ahead of the launch, according to ThisDay. He described the last three and a half years as a period of reforms that were, in his words, "unprecedented in the annals of Nigeria", and said the title of the document captures what the administration has been doing since taking office.

Alake said no civilian administration in Nigeria since 1960 had carried out such wide structural reforms across every sector. "I challenge anybody to a public debate on this," he said. He added that the manifesto reflects reforms that delivered macroeconomic stability, and described Tinubu as a statesman and not an ordinary politician who thinks only of the next election. These are the claims of the ruling party's campaign spokesperson.

President Tinubu formally presented the manifesto at the APC presidential campaign rally in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, on Tuesday, Vanguard reported. He said he would defeat what he called the enemies of Nigeria's unity and stability, and that the fight against insecurity would be won. "We have strengthened the police, we have strengthened the armed forces, we are paying better salaries today," he said, promising that the forces would be looked after in housing and rewards.

He told the crowd that the petrol subsidy would not return and that interest-free loans for farmers were coming, along with mechanised farming service centres in six locations. He said universities would do more research and development in agriculture, and that the country has the land, the commitment and the people to feed itself and bring food prices down.

The president also pointed to road projects as evidence that no region has been left behind. He described the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) as "a weapon against poverty" and said money recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) would go to it. "Every money recovered from irregularities by EFCC is now directed to NELFUND to educate our children," he said.

Vanguard's report listed the commitments in the manifesto, which include saving lives, a lower cost of living, reliable power, a stronger industrial base and support for small and medium businesses. Vanguard also reported that the Vice-President told the rally that all four former governors back the APC, and that the North should reciprocate Tinubu's support. The party's campaign director-general, Senator Abdul-Aziz Yari, said the president had won enemies of democracy.