Twenty Reasons Nigerians Voted For President Tinubu and the APC During the By-Election, And Why They Will Reelect Him In 2027

1. According to the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, President Tinubu has "stabilised" Nigeria's economy

2. Nigeria notched a 3.84% fourth-quarter GDP growth in 2024, our highest in three years. For the full year, we secured a 3.4% GDP Growth rate, up from the 2.7% growth rate inherited from the Buhari administration in 2023. The opposition says, 'Na GDP growth rate we go chop?' Yet, when GDP growth nosedived under Buhari, they complained.

3. On July 29, 2024, President Tinubu signed the New Minimum Wage Bill into law and now Nigerian workers earn a ₦70,000 minimum wage, more than double the previous minimum wage.

4. Nigeria has met and exceeded its OPEC quota for the third month running. Something that has not happened for over a decade

5. On Thursday, June 26, 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the Nigeria Tax Act, 2025, and its three associated Bills, including the Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, and the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill, collectively known as the Tax Reform Bills, into law, thereby ushering in a period of prosperity, equity, and social security that Nigeria has not seen since Majors Emmanuel Ifeajuna and Chukwuma Nzeogwu ended the First Republic via the January 15, 1966 coup.

6. On Friday, March 4, 2025, at exactly 21:15, Nigeria broke its power generation record with a peak generation of 5,801.84MW and maximum daily energy output of 128,370.75 megawatt-hours (MWh). It is the highest ever attained in Nigeria's electricity industry history.

7. Nigeria added $67 billion to its GDP, moving from ₦269.29 trillion on May 29, 2023, when Asiwaju Tinubu became President, to ₦372.8 trillion today.

8. We achieved a record-breaking ₦16.89 trillion trade surplus, or $14 billion, as we have become less import-dependent

9. Due to the floating of the naira, our foreign reserve hit a year-to-date high of $40.877 billion. That is up from the $3.7 billion inherited from General Buhari.

10. Our national debt has reduced from $108.2 billion on May 29, 2023, to $94.2 billion today. In Nigeria's history, only two civilian governments have been able to reduce the nation's indebtedness: the Obasanjo administration and now the Tinubu government.

11. Local Government autonomy is now a reality, and LGAs are gradually becoming independent of state Governors

12. Over 600,000 students have benefited from President Tinubu's Student Loan initiative, with approximately half of that being in Northern Nigeria

13. Universities have been open for the two years of the Tinubu administration, which has never happened in the last thirty years. There has been no ASUU strike.

14. Fuel scarcity has become a thing of the past as Nigeria, once the biggest importer of fuel in Africa, is now self-sufficient in petrol refining and has now become the largest exporter of refined petroleum products in West Africa

15. The Abuja-Kano road was once the national headquarters for roadside kidnapping. But the road is now tamed under the watchful eye of Malam Nuhu Ribadu as NSA. Any kidnapper who attempts anything on that route will meet their Maker the same day.

16. Passport scarcity is now a thing of the past as Nigerians now get their passports in two weeks or less

17. Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport is now perhaps the most modern airport in Sub-Saharan Africa, and you do not need to have a human contact from the time your plane lands to when you leave the airport. Everything is electronic

18. The Niger Delta is no longer restive. Oil theft has been reduced to 2% or less. For the first time in almost thirty years, peace, progress, and prosperity are returning to Ogoniland as the Tinubu administration is building a new polytechnic in Ogoni, while the cleanup is in progress

19. The International Monetary Fund has upgraded Nigeria's economic growth forecast from 3.0% to 3.4% today, Tuesday, July 29, 2025

20. On Friday, April 11, 2025, Fitch Ratings upgraded Nigeria's economy to a Stable B. To understand the significance of this, please note that Fitch is the world's top rating agency, and it downgraded the United States' economy. Then again, last week, on another Friday, May 30, 2025, Moody's, the world's second-largest rating agency after Fitch, upgraded Nigeria's economy to B3 from Caa1, citing significant improvements in our economy, arising from President Tinubu's reforms.

For these and other reasons, the Nigerian people passed a vote of confidence in the Tinubu administration this weekend by voting APC to win the by ejection conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Saturday, August 16, 2025, and as it was this weekend, so shall it be in 2027, when God's grace shall reelect President Tinubu.

PS: By-election and bye-election are both correct. It depends on whether you are using British or American English.