By Law Mefor
For decades, Ndigbo have asked a defining question: how do we secure our rightful place at the centre of Nigeria while building a prosperous homeland we can all be proud of?
It is a question that goes beyond politics. It is about strategy and interest.
There are aspirations that unite us wherever we are – at home in Anambra or across the markets and offices of Lagos, Kano, Abuja and Port Harcourt.
First, a prosperous and secure homeland and Nigeria. Second, the progress, security and prosperity of our people across Nigeria. Third, full participation in government – not on the sidelines, not as spectators, but at the centre where decisions are made.
We cannot achieve this alone. We cannot achieve it in isolation or through protest votes that leave us outside the room.
We need a strategic partnership with the government at the centre. That is why the path forward is not walls, but bridges. And that brings us to the central question: How does supporting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu help us?
There are several clear reasons that are undeniable.
Tinubu has performed. In two to three years, the Tinubu administration has taken difficult but necessary decisions to reset the foundations of the Nigerian economy. Fuel queues – which once strangled our businesses in Onitsha, Nnewi and Awka – are no more. The subsidy scam is ended. Students admitted in 2023 are graduating on time in 2026 because the ASUU question has been settled. Four years has become four years again.
What is more, no other candidate has presented a superior plan. In politics, as in business, we must reward performance, not promises.
Fact is: Tinubu is going to win. Out of the ten factors that decide elections in Nigeria, Tinubu ticks nearly all the boxes, and no opposition candidate comes even close.
Politics is about realities and what one is able to negotiate. President Tinubu enters 2027 backed by an unprecedented historical coalition, a broad national elite consensus that stretches across the six geopolitical zones. This is not a gamble. To align with him is to join the winning side and secure our place in the next federal government.
The opposition is fragmented and a house divided against itself never stood. History teaches one lesson: nowhere has a strong incumbent been defeated by a fragmented opposition. The opposition ahead of 2027 is divided into camps with no clear pathway to victory. A vote cast in that direction is a wasted vote. Ndigbo, who understand investment and return, cannot afford a wasted political investment.
Tinubu has shown good faith. Even though the Southeast did not vote for him in 2023, President Tinubu has shown sufficient good faith to Ndigbo. He has opened the door. It is in our own strategic interest to walk in.
When some wanted to bury APGA, our own party, President Tinubu did not join them. He stood by APGA and loyalty, our elders say, should be reciprocal.
Through Tinubu, APGA is now in the room where it matters. Bianca Ojukwu, wife of our leader, Emeka Ojukwu, serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Mark Okoye, one of our best, heads the Southeast Development Commission as Managing Director. These are not token appointments. This is real power.
What then is in it for us? Here are some projects that speak. Good faith is not only in appointments; it is in concrete and steel, in roads that connect our people to opportunity.
The Second Niger Bridge was delivered by his predecessor, but Tinubu is making it an economic corridor. The 17.5km dual carriageway bypass from Ogbunike linking the bridge to the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway has been approved and is ongoing.
The 108km Otuocha-Anam-Abaji dual carriageway, a direct link from Anambra to Kogi and Abuja, has been approved – a new gateway for our people.
The 150km Oba-Nnewi-Uga-Ihube-Okigwe Road is another game-changer, connecting industrial Nnewi to the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway.
And there is more: The Anambra Mixed-use Industrial City (AMIC) lying side by side with the aerotropolis has received federal NEPZA approval as a Free Trade Zone, with an industrial city, agro-park, pharma hub and logistics zone. It is the journey from commerce to manufacturing made real.
The Southeast Development Commission, signed in 2024, and inaugurated in 2025, is the first federal Marshall Plan for the Southeast. Local Government autonomy is now being enforced, taking allocation directly to local governments and bringing governance closer to the grassroots.
The Constitutional amendment for State Police, driven by the President at the National Assembly, offers a structural answer to insecurity – a matter dear to every Anambra home and abroad. It could have been only President Tinubu.
This is therefore the case before us. It is not just about party or sentiment. It is about Anambra strategic interest.
Do we want to remain outside, shouting, or do we want to be inside negotiating and building? Do we want to protest, or do we want to partner and prosper?
Ndigbo have always been strategic since the days of Zik. We are builders, businessmen, investors, inventors, thinkers. We know when to build bridges.
Let us join the winning coalition. Let us secure our place at the table. Let us build the prosperous homeland we all desire.
For a united, peaceful and prosperous Nigeria. For a prosperous homeland. For Anambra strategic interest – Let us stand with President Tinubu.
*Dr Law Mefor is Anambra State’s Commissioner for Information and Value Reformation.
