President Bola Tinubu took his re-election campaign to Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, on Tuesday, promising Nigerians a lower cost of living and reliable electricity — and aiming his sharpest line at the man chasing his job: the fuel subsidy, he said, is never coming back.
The rally at Dutse Township Stadium drew thousands of APC supporters on a day the state government declared a public holiday. Tinubu commissioned projects in the state, including a skills development centre, congratulated Governor Umar Namadi, and formally presented the APC manifesto to the crowd.
"We will provide reliable power in this Nigeria"
"We will lower the cost of living. We will provide reliable power, not the old privatisation that is not working. We will provide you with reliable power in this Nigeria," the President said. He pledged a stronger industrial base, more support for small and medium-sized businesses and wider job opportunities, and said his student-loan scheme, NELFUND, would be sustained — with funds recovered by the EFCC from financial crimes channelled into it.
A direct answer to Atiku's subsidy pledge
The line of the day was on fuel subsidy. "To those who say subsidy is coming back, it's a lie. Don't let them lie to you again. It is not going to come back. We cannot spend the future of our children today," Tinubu said. The target was not named, but it was unmistakable: Atiku Abubakar, the ADC candidate, has made restoring a targeted fuel subsidy a headline pledge of his campaign, repeating it at his Sokoto flag-off on 4 November. One week on, in Dutse, the President answered him. Read also: https://newstweetnaija.com/post/atiku-abubakar-at-2027-the-challengers-record-promises-and-the-case-against-him">Atiku Abubakar at 2027: The Challenger's Record, Promises and the Case Against Him.
On agriculture, Tinubu promised to subsidise farming, reward small-scale farmers with interest-free loans, and install mechanised farming service centres in six locations across the geopolitical zones to bring food prices down. On security, he vowed: "We will defeat our enemies — enemies of unity, enemies of stability."
What happens next: the APC campaign moves on from Jigawa after earlier stops in Kaduna, Akwa Ibom and Rivers, with the subsidy question now an open front between the two leading candidates — one promising its return, the other calling that promise a lie. Election day is Saturday, 16 January 2027.
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