Yakasai: Tinubu’s Second Term Will Pave Way for North’s Emerging Leaders in 2031
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The Director-General of the Tinubu Support Group, Dr. Umar Tanko Yakasai, has said the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027 will strategically position Northern Nigeria to produce the next generation of national leadership by 2031.
Yakasai stated this on Tuesday in Abuja when he received the leadership of the Progressive Next Generation Initiative during a courtesy visit to the group’s headquarters in Maitama.
He said Tinubu’s second-term bid should be viewed as a national project with particular strategic benefits for the North.
According to him, political alignments across the country indicate that continuity in 2027 would naturally bring the Presidency closer to the North in the next political cycle.
He said advocating continuity strengthens national stability while giving young leaders from the region a clearer path to national leadership.
“President Tinubu’s 2027 project is a Nigerian agenda. But in truth, it is also a Northern agenda,” he said. “The more we advocate for continuity, the closer the Presidency moves back to the North by 2031, and the more the next generation from the North is prepared for leadership.”
Yakasai commended PNGI for what he described as its innovative approach to political communication, saying their emphasis on data, analytics and grassroots mobilisation was timely.
He added that he is a member of the organisation “by association” and pledged full collaboration between both bodies.
Speaking earlier, the Convener of PNGI, Hon. Jeffery Omoh Ozemegwa, said the group operates as a modern, data-driven advocacy structure distinct from conventional political support groups.
He explained that PNGI uses analytics, community intelligence and multilingual messaging to educate rural and semi-urban communities on the achievements of the Tinubu administration under the Renewed Hope Agenda.
He said the group’s work is aimed at countering misinformation, improving political awareness and ensuring that citizens at the grassroots benefit from government programmes.
Ozemegwa also used the visit to formally invite the TSG Director-General to the PNGI official declaration of support for the re-election of the APC candidate for the Abuja Municipal Area Council, Hon. Christopher Maikalangu, scheduled for Tuesday, December 2, 2025, in Utako, Abuja.
Yakasai accepted the invitation and assured the delegation of his readiness to attend the event.
