The Presidency has clarified that President Bola Tinubu is not currently focused on the 2027 election, but rather on implementing economic policies aimed at improving the lives of Nigerians.
Sunday Dare, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications, emphasized that Tinubu is prioritizing the long-term effects of his economic initiatives over political maneuvering. Posting on his X page, Dare explained that the President’s attention is on the current economic progress rather than the upcoming election.
“We’ve seen our foreign reserves go up. We’ve seen inflation come down. We’ve seen our trade surplus go up. We’ve seen exports go up and imports drop. We’ve seen the investments that have been attracted—over $50 billion. We are seeing prices dropping. We have clear data, and you have a President that is clearly in the driver’s seat, and he has stayed the course of the decisions he has taken,” Dare wrote.
He further stated, “And I think that the next election is not really in his view right now. It’s how to make sure that at the end of his first term, he can sit back and say, ‘I have impacted the lives of Nigerians. I have turned this economy around.’”
Dare’s comments come amid the growing discussions surrounding the formation of a political coalition, which is believed to pose a significant challenge to Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.
Notably, former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has been making political moves, including recent visits to top Nigerian leaders after criticizing the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Following these visits, El-Rufai left the APC to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a move seen as part of the efforts to strengthen the proposed coalition.
