“In President Bola Tinubu, I have seen another Lee Kuan Yew,” Governor Hope Uzodimma declared on Friday, praising the President’s bold economic reforms and expressing confidence that his performance would secure him a second term in 2027.
Uzodimma made the remarks during a state dinner at the Government House, Owerri, to mark the end of the three-day Renewed Hope Ambassadors National Media Tour and Presidential Communications Team inspection of landmark Federal and Imo State Government projects.
The governor said President Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023, fully prepared to tackle Nigeria’s economic challenges through far-reaching reforms, stressing that the country had entered a new phase of development.
“The old order is gone and there is now a new order. President Tinubu knew exactly what he came to do. He started implementing the reforms immediately because he understood the task before him,” he said.
Drawing a biblical analogy, Uzodimma compared Nigeria’s pre-reform economic situation to the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt, saying just as God delivered the Israelites through difficult circumstances, the President’s bold decisions were necessary to free Nigeria from years of economic stagnation.
He acknowledged that the reforms came with initial hardship but insisted they were already producing positive results, particularly through increased revenues available to states for infrastructure and human capital development.
According to the governor, the ongoing transformation across Imo State is a direct product of President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
“Everything we are doing in Imo today is made possible because of the Renewed Hope Agenda. We are pursuing sustainable development, investing in infrastructure, healthcare, education and technology because the reforms have created the enabling environment for development,” he said.
Uzodimma expressed confidence that Nigerians would reward President Tinubu with another term in office in 2027, maintaining that the benefits of the administration’s policies would continue to become more evident.
Earlier, the Presidency commended Governor Uzodimma for what it described as a remarkable infrastructure transformation in Imo State following the three-day inspection tour by members of the Presidential Communications Team.
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Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, said the projects inspected demonstrated the practical implementation of President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda through strong collaboration between the Federal and Imo State Governments.
He noted that increased FAAC allocations resulting from the Federal Government’s reforms were being translated into impactful projects, including the Imo Digital City, the 2,000-bed Infectious Disease Centre, the Heart Transplant Centre in Orlu, and the University of Innovation Science and Technology at Omuma.
Other projects include the expansion of the Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu International Convention Centre, and the Orlu-Akokwa-Uga Border Road, positioning Imo as a model of people-centred development under the Renewed Hope Agenda.
