Fashola set to sensitise South-west monarchs on 2027 elections

Former governor of Lagos state and Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), is ready to handle South West conventional rulers on the forthcoming common elections.

Fashola shall be addressing them in his capability because the South-West Zonal Coordinator for Stakeholders’ Mobilisation inside the South West zone for the 2027 All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council.

The convention, organised by the Southwest Nigeria Baales Forum Conference, will happen on November 19, 2026, at  Oduduwa House, Ile Ife, Osun state.

The occasion is anticipated to characteristic a grand gathering of conventional rulers, Chiefs, and Baales representing the core grassroots buildings of the South West area.

The Ojaja II, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, is anticipated to grace the gathering because the royal father of the day.

The occasion, which tagged “Reelection in Large Turnout across Southwest Regions,” is anticipated to function a strategic platform the place conventional establishments and group leaders will formally collect to endorse and current blueprint to assist President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima, with the purpose of securing multi-million votes for APC candidates throughout the zone within the upcoming common elections.

Briefing journalists on the preparation of the organisers for the occasion, Dr. Seyi Bamigbade, the convener and chairman of the planning committee harped on the profound impression of the President’s administration within the area.

Bamigbade highlighted that President Tinubu’s foundational achievements—starting from landmark infrastructural developments just like the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway to essential financial reforms and federal assist for regional safety—have immediately resonated with the grassroots.

He famous that the federal government strides in commerce, transport, and localised improvement type the bedrock of the area’s absolute confidence within the administration of Tinubu.

Bamigbade said that every one conventional establishments from the six South West states had been totally ready to converge on Oduduwa House to drive discussions centered across the improvement, nationwide prosperity, safety, schooling, and meals safety of Nigeria.

He additionally known as on Southwest governors to assist their conventional rulers as hosts of the South West conventional establishments engagement to make sure victory for President Tinubu and all of the APC candidates within the area, the place all conventional rulers would formally endorse the president and current the blueprint designed for a big turnout within the South West.

Speaking on the broader trajectory of the administration, Senator AbdulFatai expatiated President Tinubu’s transformative achievements throughout Nigeria, which he stated had set the stage for this huge grassroots mobilisation.

“President Tinubu has demonstrated unprecedented courage in steering Nigeria toward sustainable growth,” Senator AbdulFatai remarked