ON MATAWALLE’S STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT FOR TINUBU 2027: THE NORTH’S RENEWED HOPE

ON MATAWALLE’S STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT FOR TINUBU 2027: 

THE NORTH’S RENEWED HOPE

By Comrade Dr. Awwal Abdullahi Aliyu

_Political Analyst,Security Expert & Public Affairs Commentator_  

_April 16, 2026_

There are moments in a nation’s journey when loyalty ceases to be mere political convenience and becomes an act of faith. When standing by a leader is not about position, but about posterity. This is the story of Dr. Bello Mohammed Matawalle, MON, and his unwavering alignment with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of 2027.

*The North Remembers, and the North Decides*  

Since 1999, history has taught us one unshakable truth: no man ascends to the Presidency of Nigeria without the warm embrace of the North. From Obasanjo to Buhari, the path to Aso Rock has always passed through Kano, through Kaduna,through Katsina through kebbi through the vast, beating heart of northern Nigeria. That is not arrogance. It is arithmetic. It is respect for a people whose bloc votes have often spoken with one voice when the nation’s destiny was on the line. We honour that reality, not to divide, but to remind ourselves that unity of purpose still lives here.

*A Lone Voice, Then a Chorus*  

Yet today, as 2027 draws near, the political air in the North feels different from 2023. The chants are softer. The drums are muted. Many who once shouted “Sai Tinubu” now whisper. Many who dined at the table of appointment have forgotten the fire that cooked the meal.

But in this quiet, one man has refused to be silent. Dr. Bello Matawalle, Honourable Minister of State for Defence, has chosen the harder road: the road of the grassroots. He walks the markets of Gusau and speaks in the squares of Sokoto. He reconciles factions in the APC family and tells the story not with slogans, but with substance. He does not sell a man; he showcases a record. That is leadership by example. That is loyalty with its sleeves rolled up.

*A Record That Heals*  

Let us remember where we were. President Tinubu inherited a nation gasping for breath an economy battered by reckless “Ways and Means” borrowing, a subsidy regime that fed corruption more than it fed people. He did not blink. He acted.

Today, inflation is being pruned branch by branch. Our external reserves are rising. A $10 billion forex backlog that choked investors has been cleared. The corrupt oil subsidy is gone, and for the first time in decades, states receive allocations that can actually build roads and pay salaries. Local governments breathe again with financial autonomy. Our children dream again because NELFUND has opened the doors of the classroom. Workers stand taller with a new minimum wage. These are not promises. These are footprints in the sand. And Matawalle is making sure the North sees them.

*A Call to Conscience*  

We salute the five APC governors of the North Central  Nasarawa, Kwara, Benue, Niger, and Kogi  who have stood up to be counted. Their endorsement is courage. But courage must be contagious. 

To every other northern leader, every appointee holding office by Tinubu’s grace: the time for cautious silence is over. The President gave you a platform. Use it to give him back the people. Match your appointment with action. Take these facts to every ward, every hamlet, every gathering. The North listens to its own. Speak.

*2027: The Verdict of Performance*  

President Tinubu is not campaigning on tribe or tongue. He is campaigning on Security, on Economy, on Infrastructure. He is asking for four more years not to start, but to finish to consolidate reforms that were never meant to be easy, only necessary.

As Matawalle reminds us, Tinubu deserves another term to consolidate the reforms he courageously started.” This is not about sentiment. It is about sense. The North, Nigeria’s largest vote vault, has always been wise. It will not be swayed by propaganda. It will judge by roads built, by children fed, by salaries paid, by peace returned.

*In Closing*  

In the story of 2027, let it be written that when the music went low, Matawalle turned up the volume. That when others hesitated, he advanced. That he believed in a President, and he brought his people with him.

That is how hope is renewed. Not by chance, but by choice. Not by noise, but by work.

The North remains decisive. And with men like Matawalle, it remains devoted.