Tinubu, APC National Campaign Begins In Kaduna Oct 24
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed October 24 for its presidential campaign flag-off, with venue as Kaduna in Nigeria’s North-West.
Senator Abdulaziz Yari, the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, unveiled the plans after meeting with Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday.
Yari said the President had approved a timetable for state visits ahead of the 2027 general election, as the ruling party prepares to take its campaign message to voters across the country.
He announced that the campaign council would hold its inaugural meeting on October 14 at the State House Banquet Hall in Abuja.
According to him, the campaign flag-off would take place in Kaduna on October 24, after which the mobilisation exercise would move to Port Harcourt and Maiduguri.
Yari said the full itinerary would be released after the inauguration of the campaign council.
The planned activities are expected to provide the framework for the APC’s nationwide mobilisation effort as it seeks to secure another four-year term for Tinubu, who assumed office in May 2023.
The campaign is expected to focus on the administration’s policies and achievements, with the ruling party seeking to convince Nigerians that Tinubu deserves another term despite concerns over economic hardship and the cost of living.
Yari also expressed confidence in Tinubu’s political standing, dismissing the prospect of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi defeating the President in the 2027 election.
He said the APC would campaign on the record of Tinubu’s administration, arguing that the President had improved the economic situation he inherited when he took office.
He maintained that the administration’s achievements would provide the ruling party with material to present to Nigerians as it seeks a fresh mandate.
