Hardship is necessary for better future, Suswam tells Nigerians as he backs Tinubu for 2027

Former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam has acknowledged the economic hardship facing Nigerians but urged citizens, particularly young people, to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.

Suswam made the appeal on Friday in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, during the PBAT Door-to-Door rally, according to Naija News.

He urged young Nigerians to vote massively for Tinubu in January 2027, arguing that the president needed another four-year term to consolidate his economic reforms.

“Come next January, you will vote massively for this man so that he can consolidate on these policies for your own future. Don’t listen to any propaganda that people are churning out, there is suffering now, but there is no way you can build a future without experiencing some pains, we must experience those pains for us to be better tomorrow,” Suswam said.

The former governor argued that Nigeria might have been in a better economic position if similar reforms had been introduced earlier.

“If we have taken those same steps, we won’t have been where we are today. Tinubu has taken it, please let’s allow him in the next four years, he will consolidate and hand over to somebody who shall build on it,” he added.

Suswam also commended the convener of the door-to-door campaign, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, for initiating the mobilisation effort.

He urged participants to take the campaign beyond the rally venue by engaging residents in their communities, villages and local government areas.

“So when you go back, know that voting and campaigning are not gathering like this, go back to your local government, go back to your village, talk to your parents, talk to your brothers about door-to-door, so that they will reason and understand what Tinubu is doing for the future of this country,” he said.

The former governor also explained his decision to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying he wanted to be associated with the president’s reform agenda.

“I was one of those who wasn’t in APC but when I saw what was going on, I decided that let me not be behind, when history is written, let it be that Suswam was one of those who supported Tinubu to build a solid foundation for the younger generation of this country,” he said.

Suswam reaffirmed his support for Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, describing the administration’s reforms as an investment in the future of young Nigerians.

“We support President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, we support his courage, what he is doing for the younger generation of this country, what is happening now is for you. Yes, there are traces of hardship but tomorrow you will be better off for it, so let us support Tinubu for 2027,” he added.

His remarks come amid ongoing public debate over the economic impact of the Tinubu administration’s reforms and the cost-of-living challenges facing Nigerians.

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