National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, has inaugurated the national executives of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, urging members to take the party’s message directly to communities across the country ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Speaking at the inauguration in Abuja, Yilwatda charged the newly inaugurated leadership to focus on grassroots engagement, describing personal interaction with voters as critical to electoral success.

“Every door you knock on will become a vote; every heart you win will become a voice that will echo the Renewed Hope Agenda,” he said.

The APC chairman said the movement had a clear responsibility to engage Nigerians at the community level.

“Your assignment is simple: knock on every door, house to house,” he said, adding that elections are won through direct engagement with the electorate rather than media campaigns alone.

“Elections are not won on television or on social media. They are won in marketplaces and in villages,” Yilwatda added.

He described the 2027 general election as a defining moment for the country, saying voters would be faced with a choice between sustaining ongoing reforms and reversing them.

“2027 is a choice between moving forward and moving backwards, between reform and retreat,” he said.

The inauguration attracted senior political figures, including governors, traditional rulers and members of the National Assembly. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, according to a statement made available to The Guardian, monitored the proceedings from the State House.

The PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, founded by Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, commonly known as Tompolo, said its newly inaugurated national executives would immediately commence nationwide grassroots mobilisation aimed at expanding support for the APC and the Renewed Hope Agenda ahead of the next general elections.