…Assures Of Two Million Votes For Tinubu

Niger State Governor,Muhammad Umaru Bago,has inaugurated a 525-member State Presidential/Gubernatorial Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress,(APC).Muhammad Umaru Bago

Inaugurating the campaign council in Minna recently, Umaru Bago had declared that the state would deliver more than two million votes for President Bola Tinubu in the next general election through mobilisation from the grassroots upward.

Bago explained that the council was drawn from commissioners, special advisers, local government chairmen, councillors, state and national lawmakers, ministers, directors-general as well as coordinators.

The governor hinted that the structure was spanning party units to the state level and including political appointees, with total membership exceeding 100,000 over the years.

He added,If everybody would bring their own votes, it would give us more than 1 million votes, saying our target is beyond that.The ambition this time around is to bring out over 2 million votes, and by the grace of God we will do that,” Bago said while emphasising delivery from bottom to top, top to bottom.

The governor credited the APC’s origins as a coalition of parties that defeated the main opposition and urged the party to welcome returnees who had earlier defected.

He called for constructive media coverage,warned against overheating the polity or triggering insecurity, and said the campaign would highlight the federal government’s economic policies, improved revenue and job creation.

Bago noted that the recent infrastructure and security gains, including better roads and freer movement of goods in parts of the state as part of what the government has done.

He then announced that the North Central Presidential Campaign office in Minna would be commissioned next week,with possible attendance by the President, Vice President, Senate President, Speaker or National Chairman.

Bago who is also the APC North Central Chairman,had congratulated the council leadership, noting that the 2027 campaign would not underestimate opponents,saying the party aimed to re-elect Governor Bago alongside its senators, House of Representatives members and state assembly members as well

Earlier,the Minister of Information, Idris Malagi praised the choice of leadership for the council and said the APC would campaign on the administration’s record of transforming the Nigerian economy over the past three and a half years.

Idris urged the newly appointed members to prioritise the collective good of the state and party unity from top to bottom.

In his remarks,the Director-General of the campaign council, Ahmed Ibeto, accepted the assignment on behalf of members, pledging hard work, strategic coordination, grassroots engagement, unity, discipline and compliance with electoral guidelines.

Ibeto maintained that the council would establish operational frameworks across directorates, local governments, wards and units,also promised it would value experience while welcoming new ideas.