By Musa Bakare
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is forging an unprecedented political coalition across party lines through performance, development, and equity.
He has emerged as a national unifier, forging a formidable and inclusive coalition in a country long divided by politics of ethnicity, regionalism, and mistrust. Rather than consolidate power through coercion or propaganda, President Tinubu is building trust, anchored on results, responsiveness, and strategic national development.
At a time when critics raise alarm over a so-called drift toward a one-party state, Nigeria is in fact witnessing a unique form of coalition politics: where opposition governors are voluntarily aligning with the President, not because of partisanship, but because of his delivery and direction.
From different geopolitical zones, governors under opposition parties are singing the same tune, Tinubu is delivering results, and his leadership is inclusive.
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State (PDP) captured the difference between Tinubu and past leadership:“I wrote several letters and met President Buhari on two critical roads making life unbearable for my people. I received no response. But I met President Tinubu once on the same issue. He released funds, mobilized contractors, and work has commenced. Tinubu is the Grand Master of Collaboration.”
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State (APGA), a globally respected economist, said:“President Tinubu is waking up a dead economy. He is the brain behind the massive developments springing up across Anambra State via his economic reforms.”
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State (Labour Party) stated:“I will always support the President. He is supporting my projects, it’s only natural I support him.”
From the North, Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State (NNPP) added:“We are waiting for our leader (Kwankwaso). We are ready to move with him to where true development is now coming to Kano State.”
These endorsements are not from APC Governors or party loyalists, but from opposition governors who sees in Tinubu not just a politician, but a reformer and a true nation builder.
In Delta and Akwa Ibom States, governors have publicly pledged loyalty to President Tinubu, symbolically dropping their political “umbrellas”, and promising support through to 2031.
In a clear demonstration of inclusive governance, President Tinubu established six regional development commissions, allocating huge resources to them to address local needs. He didn’t stop at existing structures like the NDDC. He introduced the South-South Development Commission (SSDC), reinforcing his commitment to fairness and balanced growth.
Major infrastructural projects under his administration include:
A 700 km coastal superhighway across seven states
An 800 km Eastern Economic Corridor from the Niger Delta to Maiduguri
A 1,000 km Western Flank expressway from Sokoto to Badagry. These are not rehabilitations, they are new routes, carving open virgin economic frontiers and reversing decades of regional neglect.
Unlike those who sow division and flee from responsibility and now coalite, President Tinubu is rallying leaders across party lines through purposeful governance. He is building a united political front based not on tribal sentiments or transactional politics, but on shared national interest and performance.
He is accomplishing what many thought impossible, one Nation, one platform. and one purpose. A Nigeria where tribe, tongue, and temple no longer divide, but decide together.
While the architects of past disunity scramble to form desperate coalitions to halt Tinubu’s momentum, the people are seeing through the fog. The same voices who neglected the country now cry foul as President Tinubu builds where they destroyed, unites where they divided, and reforms where they failed.
President Tinubu is not playing politics, he is reshaping the very soul of Nigeria, laying a solid and sustainable foundation that previous administrations lacked the courage to attempt.
This foundation is essential for long term national survival: economic renewal, regional equity, infrastructure expansion, and the psychological healing of a deeply divided nation.
As 2027 approaches, his legacy, competence, and vision are the very magnets drawing even the fiercest opposition toward his platform not coercion, not desperation.
Those who still deny this new reality are not opposing a party, they are opposing Nigeria’s best chance yet at unity and renewal.
– Musa Asiru Bakare is a political analyst, foundation member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and member of the Tinubu Support Group (TSG). He writes from Lokoja, Kogi State.
