{"id":161200,"date":"2025-05-03T11:56:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T10:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-igbos-will-give-tinubu-80-votes-deputy-speaker-kalu"},"modified":"2025-05-03T11:56:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T10:56:38","slug":"2027-igbos-will-give-tinubu-80-votes-deputy-speaker-kalu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-igbos-will-give-tinubu-80-votes-deputy-speaker-kalu","title":{"rendered":"2027: Igbos will give Tinubu 80% votes \u2013 Deputy Speaker Kalu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, on Friday stated that President Bola Tinubu would receive between 70 to 80 per cent of votes from the South-East during the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Kalu assured that the number of votes from the South-East would represent the Igbo people\u2019s way of repaying Tinubu for his commitment to the region\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p>He gave this assurance in Ntalakwu, located in the Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State, as contained in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Levinus Nwabughiogu.<\/p>\n<p>Kalu said, \u201cWe are promising the President, 70 to 80 per cent of votes from Igboland. Let us continue to remain as people who love peace and unity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo other President has remembered the promise made to the Igbo people after the war like President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFifty years came and passed, administrations came and passed, none of them deemed it right to fulfil those promises made to Ndi Igbo, and only President Bola Tinubu took it upon himself and said, there must be a platform to respond to those proposals made to Ndi Igbo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe chose the South East Development Commission which no other President accepted to sign. He answered our problem to enable us to develop the rural communities in Igboland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe signed the SEDC bill into law and has funded it even when naysayers said he wouldn\u2019t. He loves Ndi Igbo and we Igbos remember those who love us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, on Friday stated that President Bola Tinubu would receive between 70 to 80 per cent of votes from the South-East during the 2027 presidential election. 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