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Umahi: Southeast Needs Other Zones’ Support to Produce Nigeria’s President

Umahi: Southeast Needs Other Zones’ Support to Produce Nigeria’s President

Works Minister David Umahi says the Southeast cannot produce Nigeria’s president through votes from the region alone, arguing that political success requires support across the country. Speaking during a visit by the National Association of Nigerian Students in Abuja, Umahi urged Southeast leaders and voters to prioritise national alliances, issues and governance over regional sentiment. He said Peter Obi was a friend but maintained that the debate ahead of 2027 should not be driven by emotion. Umahi also praised President Bola Tinubu’s administration for infrastructure projects in the Southeast. He said the projects reflected an effort to address longstanding concerns about the region’s development and integration.

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isa

What kind of cross-regional alliances would the Southeast need to build for a presidential bid to attract genuinely broad support?

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femi

Exactly, broad trust across zones is the real campaign engine; no region can carry the whole bus alone.

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yemi

Umahi's point reflects the national spread required in Nigerian presidential politics; no region can realistically rely only on its own votes.

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prince

True, but support from other zones should not become an excuse to treat Southeast political ambitions as automatically dependent or secondary.

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kris

The practical work is building issue-based partnerships across states early, rather than waiting until an election season to seek endorsements.

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