‘Na our papa be dis’ – Anambra youths hail Tinubu as Soludo says president is APGA’s 2027 presidential candidate
In a twist on the chorus which greeted a song for his wife in naihhbouring Delta State recently, President Bola Tinubu was loudly hailed by hundreds of Anambra State youth on Thursday.
The youth sang Tinubu’s praises during his ongoing visit to the state to commission projects executed by the administration of Governor Chukwuma Soludo.
While Tinubu was about rounding off his speech, some young persons began chanting in Pidgin English that he was their father, an allusion to the president as father of the nation.
“Na our papa be dis o, we no get another papa,” they sang.
Picking up from where he left off, President Tinubu acknowledged them, saying: “Thank you, God bless you.”
The projects commissioned by the president include the Emeka Anyaoku Centre at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, the new Government House, the Solution Fun City, and the 8-lane Aroma-Government House Boulevard in Awka.
Tinubu described Soludo as a “friend” and “visionary leader”.
“Soludo is here providing solution and that solution is in infrastructure and in carrying people along in the area of development. Serving people and building institutions. This is all about democracy, it is about prosperity. It is environmentally responsive governance,” he said.
“Well done, Mr Governor, for reflecting the quality of governance for the people of Anambra.
“Anambra is achieving great heights. Building our tomorrow, today. A leader like Governor Chukwuma Soludo placing Anambra on the path of 21st-century development.
“You are a good thinker, you are a solution provider. We can go places together. Building Nigeria. Building the future. Using technology to build and reflect good governance on the people. Promote investment. We must encourage good governance.”
In another highlight of the visit, Soludo announced that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has officially adopted President Tinubu as its candidate for the 2027 presidential election.
Soludo further emphasized that APGA and the All Progressives Congress (APC) would work together, as both parties share a common belief in progressivism.
The announcement was made at Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka during the President’s working visit to the state. “Progressives are working together,” Soludo said.
The governor also used the occasion to throw a jibe at a former governor of the state and a political rival, Peter Obi.
In his speech at the commissioning of the Government House built by his administration, Soludo stated that the last time a Nigerian President visited Anambra was in 2012 to “commission a brewery and other private enterprise”, not a state project, not schools, not hospitals, not roads.
