2027: Group declares neither Tinubu nor Coalition answers

By Tom Okpe

As the nation closes in to yet another election year, a youth focused political platform known as the New Nigeria Movement has unveiled plans to bring the country’s youths together under one umbrella to prevent politicians, who do not have good programmes and people-oriented leadership plans, from taking hold of governance in 2027.

At a press briefing titled: ‘Nigerians, Are You Better Than You Were Two Years Ago,’ held in Abuja, where the group’s “I-Vote 2027” campaign movement was launched also noted that neither Tinubu nor the Coalition has answers to Nigeria’s problems.

The Coordinator, Ishaya Inuwa Durkwa said Nigerian youths are already taking a firm position on the future of the country.

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The crowd of youths at the event showed that young people in Nigeria are frantically organising and mobilising for the 2027 general elections and they are eager to chart a new course different from the existing political order, dominated by the ruling APC and the opposition coalition even as their clamour for a better Nigeria continues to rise high.

Durkwa said: “The young people are taking a position, and they will come from all the nooks and crannies of Nigerian to register their commitment to joining forces to building a new Nigeria where welfare of Nigerians is considered over and above all, where coalition would not be about the names gathered, and will not be about the faces in ADC, but about the issues bedeviling the nation.

“Until Nigeria consistently and genuinely puts its people first, with selfless leaders, we will remain trapped in a disheartening cycle of unfulfilled promises. Genuine change is not merely about new faces in power. It is about a focus on serving the people. The true measure of a nation’s progress lies not in its statistical achievements but in the tangible improvement of the lives of its most vulnerable citizens.”

According to the coordinator, the major issues confronting the nation are about the real changes that Nigerians deserve.

“You will agree with me that our nation is on standstill. Nothing is working at the moment, and the ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’ we were promised is now hopeless.

“Since the beginning of this year, a critical question has been resonating across Nigeria: Am I better off today than I was yesterday? For the vast majority of Nigerians, this is not a rhetorical exercise but a stark, lived reality, whispered in homes fractured by hunger and screamed in the silent desperation of stalled ambitions.

“From the bustling arteries of Lagos to the tranquil villages of Lafia, the answer, tragically, is resounding. Since the return to democratic governance in 1999, despite five presidents promising a brighter dawn, each new regime seems to bring less hope and more profound hardship.

“The very essence of democracy, upon which its foundations were laid in 1999, promised something profoundly transformative: a demonstrably better life. This envisioned reality was not abstract; it meant the assurance of food on the table, consistent electricity, affordable healthcare, quality education, and jobs that could cover essential expenses and leave a little for life’s simple pleasures.

“Instead, Nigerians have largely received a relentless succession of economic experiments, a recurring drama surrounding fuel subsidies that consistently ends in public pain, a notoriously fragile national currency, and a poverty rate that has ballooned to alarming and unprecedented levels.”

While criticising the current economic reforms, Inuwa stated that true reforms, the kind that genuinely uplifts a nation, fundamentally puts its people first. It is not about abstract macroeconomic numbers or accolades from multilateral financial institutions.

“It is, first and foremost, about the tangible impact on the lives of ordinary citizens. A truly people-oriented leadership would embody a different approach. It would push for social equity, prioritize local content development, and champion grassroots empowerment.

“Where the current approach removes subsidies without adequate cushioning, a people-oriented leadership would meticulously sequence reforms, implementing robust safety nets and palliative measures. Where the Naira has been fully floated, a people-oriented leadership would carefully protect strategic sectors and essential commodities from volatile market forces,” he said.