The political landscape is buzzing with unexpected endorsements as Dr. Abass Mimiko, a prominent chieftain of the opposition Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) and former Ondo governorship candidate, boldly declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu fully deserves a second term in office. Speaking candidly to journalists, Mimiko acknowledged the heavy economic hardship and financial pain currently navigating Nigerian households, but urged critics to look at the bigger picture of where the nation was coming from. He noted that when President Tinubu assumed office, Nigeria was facing a runaway, virtually bankrupt economy burdened by trillions of naira in unsustainable fuel subsidies and severe debt-servicing traps that consumed nearly all national revenues.
Defending the administration’s tough fiscal reforms—such as removing the fuel subsidy and unifying the exchange rate markets—Mimiko described himself as a pragmatist who believes that taking these painful, necessary steps saved the country from total financial collapse. He emphasized that laying a foundation for basic stability after inheriting a broken system means the current administration deserves the opportunity to steer the economy toward long-term prosperity. At the same time, the ZLP chieftain did not shy away from accountability, challenging state governors to step up and judiciously utilize increased federal allocations to tackle grassroots issues like food security rather than focusing solely on surface-level infrastructure. By launching cross-party support platforms to champion the president’s re-election outside conventional party lines, Mimiko’s stance has injected a fresh perspective into the 2027 political discourse, proving that national development debates continue to cross traditional party divides.
