Tinubu Vows To Defeat Insecurity, Promises Better Welfare For Security Personnel

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to tackling insecurity, promising improved salaries and welfare for members of the armed forces and police as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s security architecture.

Tinubu gave the assurance on Tuesday during an All Progressives Congress rally at the Dutse Township Stadium in Jigawa State, where he thanked residents for their support and urged them to vote for APC candidates in the 2027 general elections.

The President said his administration was strengthening security agencies and improving the welfare of personnel, regardless of their backgrounds.

“We will conquer insecurity. We’ve been through many wars. We will defeat our enemies. Enemies of unity, enemies of stability, enemies of hope,” he said.

He added that the government was strengthening the police and armed forces while improving their remuneration.

Tinubu also defended the removal of the petrol subsidy, describing it as a necessary decision that had freed resources for infrastructure and development projects across the country.

He accused political opponents advocating a return to subsidy payments of misleading Nigerians, questioning how such a policy would be financed alongside the construction and maintenance of roads and other public infrastructure.

The President said the removal of the subsidy had enabled his administration to pursue projects across the six geopolitical zones, insisting that no region had been left out of its development agenda.

On agriculture, Tinubu promised additional support for small-scale farmers through financing, mechanisation and irrigation, announcing plans for interest-free loans.

“We will reward small-scale farmers. Interest-free loans for farmers are coming. Prosperity is coming. Food security will happen,” he said.

The President also presented the APC campaign manifesto, titled From Reforms to Prosperity, which outlines the party’s proposed direction on infrastructure, healthcare, agriculture, security and economic development.

He pledged to complete ongoing programmes and projects, saying the administration’s policies were beginning to produce results across different sectors.

Earlier, Tinubu commissioned the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Multi-Purpose Skills Acquisition Centre and the Renewed Hope Technical Services Centre in Dutse. He also virtually commissioned the three-kilometre dualised Old Police Station–Palace Road.

The President further commissioned 400 tractors and other agricultural equipment procured by the Jigawa State Government to support mechanised farming and improve food production.

Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, commended the President for what he described as development interventions in the state and other parts of Northern Nigeria.

Namadi highlighted the Greater Hadejia Water Project, which he said was 60 per cent complete, the Katsina–Maradi rail line and federal interventions in education, agriculture and social welfare.

He also thanked Tinubu for approving Federal Colleges of Education in Dutse and Hadejia, as well as the establishment of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), through which thousands of students from the state had reportedly benefited.

The governor, however, appealed for federal intervention in ecological challenges affecting Dutse and Hadejia, describing the problems as beyond the capacity of the state government.

Vice-President Kashim Shettima urged Jigawa residents to sustain their support for Tinubu, recalling the President’s political support for Northern leaders in previous presidential elections.

He called on voters to reciprocate that support by backing the APC in the 2027 elections.

Also speaking, the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, praised Tinubu’s leadership and challenged opposition parties to present alternative economic and social policies rather than engage in divisive politics.

Sokoto State Governor Ahmed Aliyu, speaking on behalf of the Progressive Governors Forum, also appealed to the people of Jigawa to support the President, citing his political relationships with leaders from Northern Nigeria.

The Deputy Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, alongside the President’s Special Adviser on Political Affairs, Ibrahim Masari, also urged party supporters to vote for APC candidates in the forthcoming elections.

Other dignitaries at the rally included Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, APC governors, ministers and other political leaders.