Lower than two years into President Bola Tinubu’s first tenure in workplace, the Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Fuel (HOSTCOM), backed by their Grand Patron, Excessive Chief Authorities Ekpemupolo (Tompolo), have declared full help for his re-election bid in 2027.
Citing his administration’s financial and safety achievements, HOSTCOM has handed a vote of confidence in President Tinubu to proceed steering the ship of state until 2031.
Whereas addressing a press convention on Monday in Abuja, the Nationwide President of HOSTCOM, Excessive Chief Dr. Benjamin Type Tamaranabi, emphasised that Tinubu’s reforms have stabilized the oil and gasoline sector, lowered crude theft, and revitalized Nigeria’s economic system.
He highlighted the influence of Tantita Safety Companies Nigeria Restricted (TSSNL) in securing pipelines and restoring investor confidence.
“Tinubu has delivered. He has steadied the ship. He has empowered native communities,” the group acknowledged, stressing that continuity is essential for sustaining the progress made.
He additionally urged Tinubu to intervene within the Rivers State political disaster and recommended his dedication to regional improvement, together with the South-South Improvement Fee and key infrastructure initiatives.
With their rallying name, “Eyin L’okan L’eekan Si!” (It’s Your Flip Once more), HOSTCOM made it clear that they see Tinubu because the chief to information Nigeria until 2031.
Explaining additional, the HOSTCOM president mentioned:“As Nigeria continues its journey in the direction of financial restoration, stability, and development, it’s clear that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s management has been a turning level for the nation.
“His strategic insurance policies and daring reforms have set Nigeria on a path to prosperity, and it’s crucial that we consolidate these features fairly than disrupt the progress made thus far.
“At times, a frontrunner emerges who understands the heart beat of the folks, feels their struggles, and dares to alter the course of historical past. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, is that chief.
“The load of expectations was heavy when he assumed workplace. Nigeria was at a crossroads—crude oil manufacturing dwindled, and debt servicing consumed almost all income. The naysayers scoffed. They mentioned he couldn’t final six months.
“However they had been improper. With the audacity of a person who has walked this path earlier than, President Tinubu rolled up his sleeves and started working. In almost two years, the outcomes communicate for themselves.”
He mentioned they took this place after a radical analysis and significant appraisal of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s efficiency in lower than two years of his first time period and in obedience to the clear and unambiguous directives of their Grand Patron, Excessive Chief (Dr.) Authorities Oweizide Ekpemupolo, who additionally scored Mr. President excessive in human improvement indices, particularly as they favored the Niger Delta area and the host communities producing oil and gasoline.
They imagine that the President ought to stay in workplace until 2031 to allow him to conclude all ongoing improvement initiatives throughout the six geopolitical zones of the nation.
“For many years, oil theft and pipeline vandalism have crippled Nigeria’s economic system. These twin cancerous maladies additionally destroyed the traditional lifetime of our folks. President Tinubu, via his strategic partnerships with Tantita Safety Companies Nigeria Restricted (TSSNL) and different safety businesses, has lowered oil theft to historic lows.
“The oil and gasoline sector—lengthy left for useless—has staged a surprising comeback. Crude oil manufacturing has jumped from a shameful 600,000 barrels per day to a good 1.8 million. Nigeria is incomes its rightful place within the world oil marketplace for the primary time in years.
“However maybe essentially the most important win has been on safety, notably within the oil-producing Niger Delta. For years, crude oil theft was an open secret, a cartel-driven business that drained the nation’s lifeblood. Tinubu took the struggle to them.
In keeping with him, Tantita Safety Companies Nigeria Restricted (TSSNL) and different state-backed initiatives have put the thieves on discover.
“Pipelines that after bled crude to illicit refineries now serve the nation. The Petroleum Trade Act (PIA), lengthy a paper tiger, is lastly delivering tangible advantages to host communities.
“Billions of naira are actually flowing into group trusts to be channeled into the supply of native initiatives—faculties, hospitals, and water schemes. These initiatives are bobbing up in about 200 places within the Niger Delta. A area as soon as identified for restiveness is discovering stability.
“However stability wants time. It wants continuity. A change in management now can be a return to uncertainty—a unnecessary gamble with a profitable hand. Operation Gentle Up Niger Delta is at the moment eradicating darkness from the Niger Delta via NDDC and is efficient immediately.
“The refining revolution has begun. The Dangote Refinery, now operational, in strategic synergy alongside the Port Harcourt and Warri Refineries, is refining and lowering over-dependence on the importation of refined petroleum merchandise.
“With the brand new management of the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted (NNPCL), below the ready and competent management of its Group Chief Government Officer (GCEO), Mallam Mele Kyari, and the Hon. Minister of State (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, many years of dependency on petroleum imports are poised to finish. The deal is obvious: refine domestically, save foreign exchange, and strengthen the naira.
On the much-talked-about inflation, the place the President’s critics level to hardship, he mentioned they overlook that change is painful.
“The previous wasteful subsidy regime is gone. The change price is lastly discovering its worth. These reforms usually are not simply mandatory; they’re overdue. Income has greater than doubled, hitting over N9.1 trillion. The times of borrowing to pay salaries are fading into historical past. Debt servicing, as soon as a back-breaking 97% of nationwide earnings, is now 68% and declining.
“Past oil, Tinubu’s infrastructural imaginative and prescient is taking form. The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Freeway is now not a marketing campaign promise—it’s breaking floor. The Sokoto-Badagry Freeway will hyperlink the North to the Southwest in methods by no means imagined. Lengthy-abandoned roads, together with the East/West Freeway, Benin/Warri Freeway, Asaba/Benin, and Abuja/Benin Freeway, amongst others, are being constructed and rehabilitated.
“Simply final week, Mr. President formally flagged off the development of the 17.55-kilometre entry highway to the Second Niger Bridge, linking Anambra and Delta States.
“Tinubu’s administration isn’t just fixing the current; it’s constructing the longer term. The College students Mortgage Fund is a game-changer. N45.6 billion has been processed, guaranteeing that no pupil is left behind attributable to monetary hardship.
“Jobs are returning. Over 400,000 have been created via micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The tech sector is seeing unprecedented funding, signaling a brand new period for Nigerian innovation.
“The strong minerals sector is one other goldmine within the making. Valued at over $700 billion, it’s lastly getting the eye it deserves. If managed properly, Nigeria may quickly rival high world mining nations.
“However earlier than wrapping up this world press convention, we need to seize this chance to attraction to Mr. President, as the daddy of the nation, to make use of his good places of work to make sure an amicable decision of the political imbroglio that has engulfed Rivers State.
“We urge Mr. President to prevail on the warring teams in Rivers State to sheathe their swords and embrace peace within the curiosity of the folks of the state.
“The long run will not be inbuilt 4 years. It takes endurance, persistence, and imaginative and prescient. Tinubu has proven that he has all three. He has confirmed that he’s not only a politician however a statesman.
“In a democracy, no chief is ideal. There’ll at all times be challenges, errors, and hard choices. However one factor is obvious: Nigeria is best immediately than it was two years in the past. And will probably be even higher within the years forward—if we keep the course.
“That is why HOSTCOM, below the management of Dr. Benjamin Type Tamaranebi (JP), alongside our Grand Patron, Excessive Chief Authorities Ekpemupolo (Tompolo), endorses Tinubu for 2027.
“Our purpose is easy: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has delivered. He has steadied the ship. He has empowered native communities. And he wants extra time to complete what he began. Politics is about selections. In 2027, Nigerians should select between continuity and chaos—between stability and the unknown.”
