Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the South-South Development Commission, Rt. Hon. Prince Chibudom Nwuche, has commended the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and former Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, for what he described as his outstanding performance, courage, exceptional political sagacity, and innovativeness.
Nwuche particularly applauded Wike for initiating the “Rainbow Coalition”, describing it as a political masterstroke that is broadening the President’s political support base ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
According to him, the coalition has created an important political bridge across party lines, enabling politicians and political stakeholders at various levels to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.
“The Rainbow Coalition is a political masterstroke. It has created leeway and an important political opening that allows individuals and groups who may belong to opposition parties to support the President’s re-election without necessarily having to abandon their political parties.”
The former Deputy Speaker described arguments that the Rainbow Coalition will negatively affect President Tinubu’s chances in 2027 as incorrect.
“Those suggesting that bringing more Nigerians into President Tinubu’s support base will weaken his chances in 2027 fundamentally misunderstand how political coalitions work. Every additional constituency, political stakeholder, or community that identifies with the President’s interest strengthens, rather than weakens, his electoral prospects.”
Speaking specifically on suggestions that the Rainbow Coalition has “sparked off” confusion in Rivers State, Nwuche said such assertions exist only in the imagination of their authors and speculators.
“There is no confusion or uncertainty whatsoever over the choice of the coalition’s consensus governorship candidate in Rivers State. We will be working assiduously to ensure that the good people of Rivers State vote massively for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the coalition’s governorship candidate, as well as the National and State Assembly candidates in the 2027 general elections,” he insisted.
Nwuche said members of the Rainbow Coalition would demonstrate the same attitude and determination in other states across the federation.
“There is no gainsaying the fact that the coalition is a big plus to the President’s re-election prospects in 2027,” he added
Nwuche therefore urged politicians, particularly those within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) who are opposed to the Rainbow Coalition, to, rather than embarking on needless campaigns against the FCT Minister and the coalition, direct their time, energy, and resources towards the real work required to secure victory for the President in their polling units, wards, Local Government Areas and states.
In his call to Nigerians, the former deputy speaker also used the opportunity to appeal to Nigerians across political, religious, and ethnic divides to support the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027, maintaining that the country needs continuity and stability to consolidate the economic reforms currently underway.
He said: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu remains the best choice for the future prosperity of Nigeria. He noted that the reforms may have brought pain, but expressed confidence that the country would soon begin to experience more tangible benefits, stressing that meaningful economic transformation requires consistency, policy stability, and sufficient time for the reforms to take root and deliver their intended impact on citizens.
Nwuche cautioned Nigerians against being swayed by what he described as “bogus promises, fanciful projections and economic hallucinations” being offered by some presidential candidates ahead of the 2027 elections. Stating that many of their promises appear completely disconnected from the realities of Nigeria’s current economic circumstances and the global economy.
He said Nigeria cannot afford to continually abandon difficult but necessary policies and return to another cycle of experimentation.
“What Nigeria needs now is not a return to the past, but the courage to complete the journey towards a stronger, more productive and prosperous nation,” he concluded.
