{"id":171178,"date":"2025-07-25T11:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-discussions-premature-tinubu-focused-on-governance"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:26:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:26:39","slug":"2027-discussions-premature-tinubu-focused-on-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-discussions-premature-tinubu-focused-on-governance","title":{"rendered":"2027 Discussions Premature Tinubu Focused on Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Director-General of the Progressive Institute, Lanre Adebayo, has dismissed ongoing speculations about possible political shifts in position ahead of the 2027 elections, describing such conversations as premature and a distraction from pressing national issues.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during an interview on Channels TV\u2019s Morning Brief on Friday, Adebayo emphasized that President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima remain focused on delivering democratic progress and addressing the economic challenges facing the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea of 2027, as important as it may be, is not something that should dominate discourse right now,\u201d Adebayo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President and his team are concentrating on governance, tackling poverty, stabilizing the economy, and ensuring the welfare of the Nigerian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the country is still recovering from the economic setbacks of the past three years ago and urged the media and political analysts to avoid speculations that could distract the administration\u2019s focus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President and Vice President are working in harmony. There is mutual understanding between them, and they are committed to delivering on their mandate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe discussion around who becomes vice president in 2027 is, frankly, too early and unnecessary at this stage,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Adebayo further cautioned against what he described as \u201cinputting motives\u201d by some analysts and members of the media, saying such actions risk distracting the government from its developmental objectives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the time comes, 2027 will be addressed. But for now, we should be focused on governance, not politics,\u201d he concluded.<\/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 Director-General of the Progressive Institute, Lanre Adebayo, has dismissed ongoing speculations about possible political shifts in position ahead of the 2027 elections, describing such conversations as premature and a distraction from pressing national issues. Speaking during an interview on Channels TV\u2019s Morning Brief on Friday, Adebayo emphasized that President Bola Tinubu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":171177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[13554,15101,254,945],"class_list":["post-171178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-13554","tag-lanre-adebayo","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2027 Discussions Premature Tinubu Focused on Governance - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Director-General of the Progressive Institute, Lanre Adebayo, has dismissed ongoing speculations about possible poli ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-discussions-premature-tinubu-focused-on-governance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2027 Discussions Premature Tinubu Focused on Governance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Director-General of the Progressive Institute, Lanre Adebayo, has dismissed ongoing speculations about possible poli ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-discussions-premature-tinubu-focused-on-governance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-25T10:07:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-25T11:26:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753430324.119831.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-discussions-premature-tinubu-focused-on-governance#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-discussions-premature-tinubu-focused-on-governance\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2027 Discussions Premature Tinubu Focused on Governance\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-25T10:07:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-25T11:26:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-discussions-premature-tinubu-focused-on-governance\"},\"wordCount\":258,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-discussions-premature-tinubu-focused-on-governance#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753430324.119831.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2027\",\"Lanre Adebayo\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-discussions-premature-tinubu-focused-on-governance#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-discussions-premature-tinubu-focused-on-governance\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-discussions-premature-tinubu-focused-on-governance\",\"name\":\"2027 Discussions Premature Tinubu Focused on Governance - 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