The Kind Of President We Want In 2027

By Damilola Origbemisuyi, Akure; Babaji Usman Babaji, Gombe; Kalu Eziyi, Umuahia; Okechukwu Obeta, Awka; Nnamdi Mbawike, Enugu; Alo Abiola, Ado-Ekiti; Emmanuel Mgbeahurike, Owerri; Okem Green Mbah, Yenagoa; Richard Ndoma, Calabar; Felix Igbekoyi, Asaba; Adebayo Waheed, Ibadan; Muh’d Zangina Kura, Dutse; Abdullahi Olesin, Ilorin

Youths throughout the nation have recognized job creation, a decrease value of residing, safety and credible management as key components that can form their selections within the 2027 presidential election.

They stated these are a number of the key components they are going to think about when selecting amongst President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress, Peter Obi of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Governor Seyi Makinde of the Allied Peoples Movement, and different presidential candidates within the 2027 normal elections.

They stated their voting selections could be influenced much less by political affiliations and marketing campaign guarantees than by candidates’ monitor information, coverage proposals and skill to deal with the financial and social challenges confronting younger Nigerians.

Some of the youths pressured that they needed candidates who would display a transparent dedication to tackling unemployment, bettering electrical energy provide, supporting small companies and making important items and companies extra inexpensive. They additionally known as for higher accountability, credible elections and alternatives for younger folks to take part meaningfully in governance, insisting that political leaders should transfer past rhetoric and current sensible, measurable options to the nation’s issues.

They instructed LEADERSHIP Sunday that candidates’ competence, integrity, monitor information and plans for nationwide improvement would additionally affect their selections, urging voters to look past social gathering affiliations and personalities.

Ondo: Jobs, Affordable Living Top Priorities

In Ondo State, Akinola Solomon, a final-year scholar at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, stated he would help a presidential candidate able to creating jobs and tackling graduate unemployment.

“As a prospective graduate, what I will look for is a leader who will be able to provide job opportunities or employment because the thought of graduating and being jobless is terrifying. I don’t pray to experience that,” he stated.

A clothier, Samuel Onigiobi, stated he would think about a candidate with sensible plans to stabilise the economic system and cut back residing prices, which he stated had affected his enterprise.

“People hardly sew clothes anymore because the high cost of living is draining most of their income. So, I will look for a leader who can stabilise the economy and reduce the cost of living,” he stated.

Another respondent, Praise Falade, additionally recognized the excessive value of residing as a significant concern, arguing that decreasing starvation would enhance productiveness.

“I will look for a leader who can reduce the cost of living. If people are not hungry, they will be more productive,” she stated.

Gombe: Security, Accountability, Credibility Key

Youths in Gombe State recognized safety, financial restoration, accountability and credible management as key concerns in selecting the nation’s subsequent president.

James Muri, Suwaiba Adamu and Abdullah Sale instructed LEADERSHIP Sunday that the following president should display a transparent dedication to bettering the lives of odd Nigerians.

Muri, a mechanic in Tunfure, stated his precedence could be a candidate able to tackling insecurity and restoring public confidence within the safety system.

He stated Nigerians wanted a pacesetter who might defend lives and property, notably in communities affected by kidnapping, banditry and different violent crimes.

He added that marketing campaign guarantees would imply little with out sensible measures to deal with insecurity and allow residents to go about their day by day actions with out worry.

For Adamu, a scholar of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe, the economic system and the welfare of odd Nigerians could be decisive components.

She stated she would assess candidates’ plans to deal with rising meals costs, unemployment and declining family buying energy.

She additionally urged the following president to prioritise job creation, inexpensive schooling and healthcare, stressing that management needs to be measured by enhancements in residing circumstances slightly than marketing campaign guarantees.

Sale, a tailor at Gombe New Market, stated integrity, accountability and competence would information his alternative.

He stated he wouldn’t vote for a candidate merely due to social gathering affiliation or recognition, insisting that the following president should handle public funds transparently, appoint competent folks and clarify authorities selections to residents.

He added that candidates needs to be judged by their information, insurance policies and demonstrated potential to ship on their guarantees.

Abia: Youths Consider Security, Age, Health

In Abia State, respondents, together with a scholar, a instructor and a tricycle operator, stated safety and employment would characteristic prominently of their selections.

They stated they might additionally think about candidates’ age, well being, educational {qualifications}, worldwide fame, integrity and dedication to nationwide improvement.

According to them, voters ought to scrutinise candidates’ information in public workplace and the personal sector, in addition to their private conduct and relationships with others.

A tricycle operator, who pleaded anonymity, stated he would vote for a candidate sympathetic to the detained chief of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

Anambra: Integrity, Track Records Matter

In Anambra State, an Awka-based businesswoman, Nkoli Ugboma, 38, stated she would first assess candidates’ honesty and dedication to holding their guarantees.

She stated she would additionally think about their manifestoes, non secular convictions and former efficiency in public workplace.

Another Awka-based businessman, Ugochukwu Ikegbue, stated integrity, compassion and a transparent imaginative and prescient for the nation’s financial future would information his alternative.

He additionally favoured youthful candidates, arguing that age might affect an individual’s considering, decision-making and skill to carry out.

Ijeoma, a meals science graduate and hair stylist, stated she would give attention to candidates’ information within the workplace.

Enugu: Age, Credibility, Criminal Records

In Enugu State, a scholar, Emeka Uwakwe, stated a candidate’s age would affect his choice.

A civil society activist, Comrade Amaka Ojo, stated she would prioritise credibility, whereas Obiinna Jideiofor recognized candidates’ legal information as a significant consideration.

A human rights activist, Ugo Chukwu, stated the ethnic nationality of candidates would additionally affect his choice.

Kwara: Jobs, Cheaper Education, Steady Power

In Kwara State, Dauda Lawal, a resident of Ilorin, stated he would vote for a candidate with a reputable plan to create jobs for the nation’s giant youth inhabitants.

Adedayo Ishola stated he would favour a candidate dedicated to considerably decreasing the price of schooling.

Aliyu Kure, one other respondent, stated common electrical energy provide and financial prosperity would information his alternative.

Ekiti: Economic Relief, Security Top Agenda

In Ekiti State, a younger resident of Ado-Ekiti, Olayemi Adeoye, stated he would help a candidate with practical financial insurance policies to ease hardship and handle insecurity.

Another respondent, Agnes Oni, instructed LEADERSHIP Sunday that she would favour a candidate with concrete plans to scale back petrol costs, transport fares and the price of meals and different items and companies.

A younger graduate, Olusola Adeoti, stated he needed a candidate with a deliberate plan to sort out youth unemployment, assessment the minimal wage according to prevailing financial realities and enhance Nigerians’ welfare.

Alex Adeleke, a college scholar, stated he would help a candidate dedicated to industrial concord on campuses to forestall strikes by educational and non-academic employees.

He additionally urged the following administration to take care of scholar mortgage packages and different insurance policies that help college students.

 Imo: Jobs, Industrial Revival, Power Are Top Priorities

Youths in Imo State expressed dissatisfaction with the nation’s present financial circumstances, saying they needed a president with the competence and capability to reverse the pattern.

Chima Ubaka stated a candidate’s competence and skill to ship could be important to his alternative.

According to him, Nigeria has the assets to remodel its fortunes however lacks the management acumen and dexterity to attain the specified outcomes.

Another respondent, Ndidi Anochuwa, stated job creation, industrial improvement and the revival of moribund industries would affect his choice.

Nkechi Enwerem stated the tough financial local weather was taking a toll on her small enterprise.

She stated she would vote for a candidate dedicated to restoring steady electrical energy and tackling the insecurity affecting the nation.

Bayelsa: Cost Of Living, Small Businesses In Focus

In Bayelsa State, a cellphone repairer in Yenagoa, Reginald Ogundu, stated he would prioritise candidates with sensible plans to scale back the price of meals, transport and different requirements.

He added that younger folks wanted extra job alternatives and help for small companies.

“I want a president who understands what ordinary Nigerians are going through. The cost of food and transportation is affecting everyone, and we need a leader who can make life easier for the people,” he stated.

Preye Baro stated she would think about candidates’ plans for job creation, schooling, healthcare and infrastructure.

She urged younger folks to not let social gathering loyalty decide their selections, saying that concrete plans should again marketing campaign speeches.

“I will look at what each candidate has done before and what they plan to do for young people. Having a good speech is not enough if there is no clear plan to create jobs and improve our lives,” she stated.

A business tricycle operator, George Orukari, stated safety, inexpensive residing prices and higher roads would affect his choice.

He stated he would help a candidate who might clarify how the federal government meant to deal with these challenges and display a dedication to accountability.

“Before I vote, I want to know what the candidate will do about insecurity, the high cost of living and bad roads. I will compare their records and promises before making my choice,” he stated.

 Cross River: Voters Demand Promise-Keepers

In Cross River State, respondents pressured the necessity for a president who would fulfil marketing campaign guarantees and lamented the failure of successive administrations to satisfy public expectations.

A graduate of Accounting from the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), Emmanuel Etuk, stated he wouldn’t vote for President Bola Tinubu, arguing that the president had didn’t fulfil his marketing campaign guarantees.

He stated Nigeria wanted “a president who has the fear of God and has the people at heart”, including that the nation required a pacesetter who was “honest, intellectually sound, above all, one who is a promise keeper”.

Another respondent, Hannah Arikpo, stated a candidate’s dedication to holding guarantees have to be demonstrated via tangible motion on the grassroots.

An additional respondent known as for a compassionate president who would help susceptible Nigerians via common empowerment initiatives and expertise acquisition programmes to advertise self-reliance amongst younger folks.

Similarly, a automobile wash operator, Saviour Ekpeyong, stated the following president will need to have the dedication to remodel the nation’s fortunes.

He stated Nigerians ought to keep away from repeating the error of electing a president whose tenure had no seen affect.

 Delta: Maturity, Competence, Important

In Delta State, respondents recognized maturity, competence, academic {qualifications} and dedication to Nigeria as vital concerns in selecting the following president.

A banker, Biose David, advocated elevating the minimal age for presidential candidates, arguing that the brink ought to replicate the significance of the workplace.

A motor mechanic, Bashiru Oganla, stated candidates ought to possess the mandatory schooling, talk successfully within the nation’s official language and be bodily and mentally match for the calls for of the workplace.

A newspaper vendor, Best Agbaike, pressured the significance of patriotism and dedication to the nation.

He additionally argued that candidates needs to be free from disqualifying legal convictions, notably these involving treason, electoral offences or corruption, and will meet the relevant constitutional necessities for eligibility.

Oyo: Security, Quality Education Key

In Oyo State, youths stated they might think about candidates’ sensible methods for tackling insecurity, defending lives and property, and making certain lasting peace and stability.

Abidemi Adewale, Abigail Sanusi and Tosin Feranmi recognized safety as a significant problem requiring decisive management.

They additionally stated the following administration should handle the schooling disaster, together with the massive variety of youngsters out of faculty.

They would due to this fact assess candidates’ particular insurance policies for making high quality schooling accessible, inexpensive and inclusive, no matter youngsters’s backgrounds or areas.

Jigawa: Farmers, Traders Seek Economic Relief

In Jigawa State, respondents expressed differing views on the qualities they might think about when selecting the following president.

Musa Sani, 27, a tea vendor in Shuwarin city, Kiyawa Local Government Area, stated he would assess candidates’ previous efficiency and information earlier than deciding whom to help within the 2027 normal election.

Hajiya Rabi Usman of Kazaure Local Government Area stated she would like a brand new candidate, arguing that the present management had didn’t resolve the nation’s safety and socio-economic challenges.

She stated the scenario continued to deteriorate due to poor insurance policies.

However, Musa Ismail, from Dutse Local Government Area, stated he would like continuity regardless of the nation’s challenges.

He argued that though the scenario had not improved as anticipated since Tinubu assumed workplace, the president needs to be given one other probability to appropriate his errors slightly than electing a brand new chief whose insurance policies and efficiency could be unsure.

A 60-year-old farmer, Malam Garba, from Kafin Gana city in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area, stated rising petrol costs and different farm enter prices had eroded his earnings over the previous three years.

He additionally lamented that farm produce costs had fallen by greater than 50 per cent.

Garba stated he would help a presidential candidate able to introducing insurance policies that will create an enabling setting for farming and native companies to thrive.

He added that the following president will need to have the braveness to sort out poverty and reverse the worsening residing circumstances throughout the nation.