2027: Niger APC targets 2m votes for Tinubu, inaugurates 525-member council

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Niger State has set a goal of two million votes for President Bola Tinubu within the 2027 basic elections, with Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago banking on grassroots mobilisation to ship the votes.

Bago introduced the goal on Monday in Minna through the inauguration of a 525-member Presidential and Gubernatorial Campaign Council.

He defined that the council, comprising political appointees, lawmakers, native authorities chairmen and celebration stakeholders, would mobilise voters throughout the state to safe victory for the APC.

“If everybody would bring their own votes, it would give us more than one million votes. But our target is beyond that. The ambition this time around is to bring out over two million votes, and by the grace of God, we will do that,” Bago stated.

He urged members to mobilise help from the grassroots to the state stage, including that the celebration would welcome members getting back from different political events.

The governor said that the APC would marketing campaign on the Tinubu administration’s financial insurance policies, improved income, job creation and infrastructure improvement. He additionally cited enhancements in roads and safety in components of Niger State.

Bago disclosed that the celebration deliberate to fee its North Central Presidential Campaign Office in Minna subsequent week, with the President, Vice President, Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives and APC National Chairman anticipated to attend.

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi, urged APC members to help all of the celebration’s candidates within the 2027 elections, warning in opposition to divided loyalty.

Idris stated the celebration would spotlight the Tinubu administration’s file in infrastructure, schooling, healthcare, agriculture and financial reforms through the marketing campaign.

He described the appointment of Ambassador Ahmed Musa Ibeto as Director-General of the marketing campaign council as applicable, citing his political expertise.

The APC North Central chairman Mu’azu Bawa Rijau urged the celebration to not underestimate its opponents, saying it aimed to retain the Niger governorship and win the state’s Senate, House of Representatives and State Assembly seats.

In his acceptance speech, Ibeto pledged to coordinate the council’s actions by way of buildings spanning directorates, native governments, wards and polling models.

He stated the council would prioritise grassroots mobilisation, unity, self-discipline and compliance with electoral tips to realize the celebration’s goals.