“The people of the South-East have a pride of place in his Renewed Hope agenda of rebuilding Nigeria,” Umahi said.
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has called on the South-East to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, citing major infrastructural projects executed in the region.
Speaking in Owerri during the Silver Jubilee celebration of Eze Dr. E.C. Okeke, Umahi listed key projects such as the Onitsha-Enugu Road, Owerri-Aba Road, Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, and the Calabar-Ebonyi-Benue-Abuja Renewed Hope Legacy project.
“The people of the South-East have a pride of place in his Renewed Hope agenda of rebuilding Nigeria,” Umahi said, stressing that the region enjoys unprecedented political and economic inclusiveness.
He described the monarch as “a man of profound integrity and a leadership asset” while congratulating him on 25 years of royal service.
Governor Hope Uzodimma commended the monarch’s leadership of the South-East traditional council, describing him as “a royal father who embodies the finest traditional leadership.”