Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was received by a huge crowd in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, on Wednesday during his campaign ahead for the 2023 presidential election.
The event was attended by political stakeholders across party lines, with some of them declaring their support for Tinubu. Tinubu was conferred with the title of “Dike Di Ora Nma 1 of Ebonyi State”, meaning ‘the revered man cherished by all.
Tinubu had during the rally vowed to solve problems facing the South-East region of the country. He also pledged to make South East ‘the Taiwan of Asia’.
He said, “With the spirit of oneness, togetherness, and unity, we will ensure the process of our country. It is only a progressive party that can change Nigeria. For the past 16 years of the PDP government, we had no steady electricity in Nigeria.
“We are progressives. We will do the right thing and we will move Nigeria forward. We will make South-East Nigeria the Taiwan of Asia. We came in 2015 and we came to realize that transformation is a must for economic resuscitation and progress.”
