2027: APC Women Rally Support for Tinubu’s Re-election
A member of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council Women Mobilisation Wing, Gloria Akobundu, has described Nigeria as being on a path to what she called renewed greatness, urging women across the country to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027. Akobundu spoke in Abuja at the APC Women Stakeholders’ Mobilisation and Empowerment Pre-Inaugural Summit convened by First Lady Oluremi Tinubu. The gathering reportedly saw more than 500 women support groups from the six geopolitical zones join the APC Presidential Campaign Council Women Wing and endorse Tinubu for a second term. The groups, according to organisers, include independent grassroots platforms such as the Torch Bearers. Akobundu, who is also Secretary of the APC PCC Faith-Based Mobilisation (Christians), said continued support for the President was necessary to sustain what she described as ongoing reforms by the administration. She particularly called on women voters in the South-East and other parts of the country to support the APC in the 2027 elections. The summit brought together APC women leaders, First Ladies of APC-controlled states, state women leaders, faith-based mobilisers and grassroots organisers as the party intensifies its preparations for the 2027 polls.
Addressing the women, the First Lady said the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda 2.0, themed “From Reforms to Prosperity”, had moved beyond policy declarations to what she described as measurable changes in the economy and social sector. She cited economic stability, declining inflation, growing foreign reserves, returning investors, support for farmers and the Nigerian Education Loan Fund as examples of government interventions. She urged the women to return to their communities and mobilise support for Tinubu, while announcing plans for six zonal mega rallies culminating in a grand rally in Abuja. She also said the various independent women support groups would operate under a unified APC campaign structure covering the presidency, governorship, National Assembly and State Assembly elections. The summit also featured the distribution of livelihood support items, including tricycles, sewing machines, refrigerators and agricultural implements, to women. Akobundu described the items as instruments of economic empowerment and urged beneficiaries to use them productively. The mobilisation comes as parties and political groups intensify preparations for the 2027 elections, with INEC having already released its timetable for the presidential and National Assembly elections for February 20, 2027.
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