2027: Renewed Hope advocate seeks diaspora support for APC manifesto

By Emmanuel Mogbede

A Renewed Hope Global Advocate, Mr Ade Omole, has urged Nigerians in the Diaspora to support the newly-unveiled All Progressives Congress (APC) manifesto for the 2027 general elections and hold it to its targets.

He stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, while speaking on the APC manifesto themed: “From Reforms to Prosperity (Agenda 2027–2031).”

NAN reports that President Bola Tinubu had, on Tuesday, released a 109-page presidential manifesto for the 2027 general elections.

The document outlines Tinubu’s blueprint for a second term across security, the economy, housing, healthcare and education.

Omole, who reviewed the manifesto at its launch, said Tinubu had mastered the dynamics and politics of governance and was doing everything possible to make the country better for all.

“Nigerians in the Diaspora should support the manifesto and hold it to its targets. We are not spectators; we are stakeholders. The president has laid the foundation; let us help him build the house,” he said.

He applauded the president for his command of statecraft, people-first policies and his resolve to make the hard choices which his predecessors had shied away from for decades.

Omole said Tinubu’s policies and reforms had restored Nigerians’ faith and hope, both at home and in the diaspora.

He noted that the manifesto, which he described as comprehensive, was designed to turn Nigeria’s economic foundations into tangible every day progress.

According to the Renewed Hope Global advocate, the manifesto is a proof that Tinubu is governing the country with a firm hand and a listening ear.

“Governance is an art, and President Tinubu has mastered both the dynamics and the politics of governance.

“He has the vision to see the destination, the experience to plan the journey and the will to see it through.

“He met a country living on borrowed time, with a fuel subsidy bleeding the treasury dry and an exchange rate that rewarded only those who could game it.

“He did what others only talked about. That is courage. Not the noisy kind.It is the quiet, stubborn courage of a president willing to be misunderstood today so our children are not short-changed tomorrow,” Omole said.

He added that Tinubu had never lost sight of the ordinary Nigerian, noting that under his watch, the minimum wage went from N30,000 to N70,000.

Omole noted that more than 1.6 million students in universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across the country now had loans that kept them in their studies instead of dropping out from school.

He also stated that low income earners on ₦800,000 or less per annum no longer paid personal income tax under the Tinubu-led administration.

These, he said, were not the policies of a man in an ivory tower, but from a man who knew what a family in the rural areas spent on food weekly.

The advocate said that the APC-led administration’s manifesto stood apart for its discipline, adding that every of its promise carries a starting point, a target and a pledge to publish progress yearly.

“I have read many manifestos in my time; most of them are poetry. This one is arithmetic; it tells you where we were, where we are and where we must be by 2031.

“Then it hands you the scorecard. A government that gives you its own scorecard is telling you it has nothing to hide,” he said.

Omole recalled that the country’s reserve, which was about 33 billion dollar in 2023 when Tinubu assumed office, now stood at above 55 billion dollar, while the target was more than 60 billion dollar.

He noted that the gap between the official and street exchange rates was about 60 per cent, but now three to five per cent.

Under the present administration, he said, inflation peaked at 34.8 per cent in December 2024 and was down to 14.63 per cent in September 2026.

Omole said no investor, at home or abroad, would put money where people were not safe, adding that the APC manifesto committed to completing four new army divisions in Makurdi, Ilorin, Jalingo and Benin City.

He said it also committed to recruiting the 28,000 personnel already approved, while promising independent verification of operational results which mattered most and showed that trust was built on proof.

He said Nigerians abroad had every reason to be pleased with the manifesto, because they appeared all through it, from education and labour to foreign policy.

“The manifesto says a Nigerian facing a crisis anywhere in the world will get immediate, reliable consular protection.

“For years, too many of our people stranded abroad felt their own embassies did not know their names,” he said.

Omole welcomed the manifesto’s approach to work and migration, noting that the Labour Migration Roadmap had a legal protection and consular safeguards for Nigerians working lawfully abroad.

“The manifesto says it will measure capital actually put to work, not headline announcements.
Our nurses, drivers, carers and engineers deserve to know that their country stands behind them.

“Nobody should be left at the mercy o a dishonest agent or a bad employer.

“It plans an anchor.
industrial cluster in every geo-political zone, aftercare for investors, and a capital market that now covers digital assets under the Investments and Securities Act 2025.

“Our professionals abroad have savings and skills. This gives them a serious place to put both,” he said.

Omole added that Nigeria’s growing influence abroad benefitted every citizen who travelled, noting Nigeria was now a BRICS partner country, with the plan pursuing a seat at the G20 and the UN Security Council.

“When your country’s voice carries in the world, your passport opens more doors. Every Nigerian abroad feels that at the airport counter,” he said.(NAN)

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Edited by ‘Wale Sadeeq