卡杜纳，10月24日电 - 尼日利亚总统博拉·提努布周六在北部城市卡杜纳正式启动连任竞选，试图说服选民，尽管生活成本危机持续，但痛苦的经济改革已开始见效。
KADUNA, Oct 24 - President Bola Tinubu formally launched his campaign for a second term on Saturday in the northern city of Kaduna, where he sought to convince voters that painful economic reforms are beginning to pay off despite a lingering cost-of-living crisis.
现年74岁的提努布将面临一场竞选，选举定于1月16日举行，预计将主要围绕经济和安全议题展开。他的主要竞争对手包括前副总统阿提库·阿布巴卡尔和彼得·奥比，两人在2023年大选中分别获得第二名和第三名。
Tinubu, 74, faces a contest ahead of a January 16 election that is likely to be dominated by the economy and security. His main challengers include former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, who finished second and third respectively in 2023.
截至中午，数千名支持总统所属的全体进步大会党的支持者已填满了大部分可容纳1万人的“牧场蜜蜂”体育场，随着集会开始，仍有更多人陆续到场。
By midday, thousands of supporters of the president's All Progressives Congress party had filled much of the 10,000-capacity Ranchers Bees stadium, with more arriving as the rally got underway.
提努布对人群说：“感谢大家大规模到场。这是一个承诺。到2027年1月16日，你们必须大规模出去投票，再次选举我。”
"Thank you for this massive showing up. It is a promise. Come 2027, January 16, you must go out massively and elect me again," Tinubu told the crowd.
提努布称反对派制造了问题 自2023年上任以来，提努布取消了燃油补贴、贬值奈拉币并推出其他改革，这些措施被认为改善了公共财政、外汇储备和投资者情绪。但这些举措也加剧了尼日利亚一代人以来最严重的生活成本危机。
OPPOSITION CREATED PROBLEMS, SAYS TINUBU Since taking office in 2023, Tinubu has scrapped fuel subsidies, devalued the naira and introduced other reforms credited with improving public finances, foreign reserves and investor sentiment. But the measures have also fuelled Nigeria's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.
9月，拉各斯和阿布贾的汽油价格升至每升约1400奈拉（约合1.05美元），尼日利亚北部部分地区甚至高达1500奈拉，加重了家庭预算压力。
Petrol prices rose to about 1,400 naira ($1.05) a litre in Lagos and Abuja in September and as much as 1,500 naira in parts of northern Nigeria, adding to pressure on household budgets.
提努布驳回了反对派关于饥饿和贫困的指责，辩称是对手制造了这些问题。
Tinubu dismissed opposition complaints about hunger and poverty, arguing that his rivals created those problems.
“饥饿是他们制造的。贫困是他们制造的。我们正在努力消除它。” 安全问题将构成另一项考验。尼日利亚继续在西北部打击武装匪徒和绑架犯，在东北部应对持续17年的伊斯兰叛乱，武装分子近期加大了对军事阵地的袭击。
"They created the hunger. They created the poverty. We are trying to eradicate it." Security will provide another test. Nigeria continues to battle armed bandits and kidnappers in the northwest and a 17-year Islamist insurgency in the northeast, where militants have stepped up attacks on military positions.
提努布尽管如此仍凭借强大的政治机器参选。他的阵营称，他获得了尼日利亚36位州长中的32位的支持，这可能使他在组织层面拥有前所未有的优势，尽管以往的选举表明，州长并不总能将其所在州的选票交付给总统候选人。
Tinubu nevertheless enters the race with a formidable political machine. His camp says he has the backing of 32 of Nigeria's 36 state governors, potentially giving him an unprecedented organisational advantage, although past elections have shown governors cannot always deliver their states to presidential candidates.
他最艰难的选举考验可能来自北部，资深北方政治家阿提库拥有稳固的支持基础，将寻求蚕食总统的选票。
His toughest electoral test could come in the north, where Atiku, a veteran northern politician with an established support base, will seek to erode the president's vote.
提努布表示，他不会参加所有36个州的竞选集会，因为他需要专心致志地治理国家。根据该党拟定的时间表，他将亲自出席12个州的集会，并于1月9日在其家乡拉各斯州举行一场大型闭幕集会。
Tinubu has said he will not attend campaign rallies in all 36 states as he needs to remain focused on governing. The party's proposed timetable has him personally attending rallies in 12 states, culminating in a major closing rally in his home state of Lagos on January 9.