A non governmental organization IYKON Global Foundation for Child, Youth Care and Human Rights Defence weekend said that it will present to the general public breakthroughs recorded by President Ahmed Tinubu saying that their findings were evidence based.

Briefing journalists in Abakaliki the founder and President of the foundation, Ambassador Ephraim Ikechukwu Nwonu also disclosed that the foundation will also unveil the achievement of Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State.

He said the findings, which would be presented during a two-day workshop scheduled for September 7 and 8, 2026, in Abakaliki Ebonyi state capital were intended to provide citizens with verifiable information to enable them make informed decisions ahead of the 2027 elections.

Nwonu maintained that their outcome evidence-based findings on the performances and achievements of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru

Nwonu said the foundation would also present its assessment of the Federal Government’s interventions in the South-East, including infrastructure projects and federal appointments.

He maintained that the exercise was not designed as a partisan campaign but as an attempt to place available evidence before citizens.

“We have our facts and figures,” he said, adding that the information would, in his view, help dispel what he described as misinformation and misconceptions concerning the performance of the Tinubu administration.

The foundation’s position comes against the backdrop of growing political mobilisation ahead of the 2027 elections, with supporters of both Tinubu and Nwifuru increasingly highlighting infrastructure and governance achievements as part of their campaign narratives.

Nwonu said the organisation had selected Ebonyi as its pilot state for the South-East zone following an extensive assessment of government projects, policies, appointments and other interventions credited to the Tinubu administration at the federal level and the Nwifuru administration in the state.

According to him, the foundation had been undertaking advocacy, humanitarian and governance-related interventions since its establishment in 2009, stressing that it had collaborated with institutions including the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and other organised bodies on anti-corruption, transparency, security and good governance initiatives.

“We are non-partisan. Our responsibility is to ensure that we have good governance in place, which we know will rub off positively on the citizenry,” Nwonu said.

He explained that the foundation had spent considerable time gathering information across Ebonyi State, including visiting the state’s 13 local government areas, in an effort to obtain what he described as first-hand data on projects and programmes implemented by the state government.

Responding to a question on whether the Tinubu administration had addressed longstanding complaints of marginalisation in the South-East, Nwonu said the foundation’s assessment had captured projects and appointments by the Federal Government in the region.

He specifically referenced road infrastructure and federal appointments, saying the foundation had documented the figures and would make them public during the workshop.

On concerns over poverty, inflation and economic hardship confronting Nigerians, Nwonu acknowledged the difficulties but argued that the administration had introduced interventions, particularly in agriculture, which he said should be assessed alongside the prevailing economic challenges.

“Our youths, for instance, on agriculture, Mr President has done fantastically well. Our youths have been encouraged severely by a whole lot of incentives in that sector to prioritise agriculture,” he said.

Nwonu, however, rejected the suggestion that his organisation’s assessment of the administration’s achievements amounted to political endorsement, noting that individuals remained entitled to their political preferences.

He said while the foundation remained non-partisan, its members, like every other Nigerian, had the constitutional right to make their choices during elections.

He noted that Ebonyi state was chosen as the pilot state because of reports of developmental activities under the Nwifuru administration which the organisation wanted to independently verify.

“We have been hearing a lot about how nice this governor is and everything. And we didn’t just want to conclude. That’s why we said, okay, let us come here and survey to see all those things we’ve been hearing that this governor has done,” he said.

He said the workshop would bring together experts, professionals and resource persons who would examine various thematic areas of governance and development.

Nwonu said the organisation would continue to operate as a watchdog for good governance, insisting that its advocacy activities would remain focused on accountability, transparency, human rights and improved public administration.