2027: APC deploys 4.4m polling unit officials for Tinubu’s re-election — Uzodimma

Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has initiated a massive mobilization effort, enlisting 4,421,150 individuals across the nation's 176,846 polling units to support President Bola Tinubu's potential re-election bid in 2027. Governor Hope Uzodimma, Director-General of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors and Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, announced the figures at a national retreat in Abuja.

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At 25 canvassers to a polling unit, that is a lawful civic force of 4,421,150 people across the federation.

Uzodimma described the recruited individuals as a "lawful civic force" and emphasized that this extensive network is crucial for organizing a victory. "That is the mathematics of serious mobilisation. That is the difference between hoping to win and organising to win,” he declared. The retreat aimed to build a unified grassroots mobilization machinery, producing key documents such as a National Grassroots Mobilisation Blueprint and State-by-State Action Plans.

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That is the mathematics of serious mobilisation. That is the difference between hoping to win and organising to win.

The APC has structured its campaign with a layered command system, extending from a national coordinating center down to individual polling units. This structure includes directorates covering various aspects of the campaign, such as youth, media, finance, and intelligence. Additionally, the party unveiled a digital platform in April equipped with a Data Communication Centre to monitor public sentiment and combat misinformation in real time.

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2027: ...a referendum on a single question: does Nigeria stay on this hard but necessary road of reform, stability, and shared prosperity, or turn back?

Governor Uzodimma framed the 2027 elections as a "referendum on a single question: does Nigeria stay on this hard but necessary road of reform, stability, and shared prosperity, or turn back?” He urged participants to build something lasting and to act as the "bridge between policy and the people at every ward, market and polling unit." Uzodimma also highlighted the vulnerability of governments to silence, stating, "When we do good work and nobody hears the story, someone else tells it for us, and they tell it wrong. When reform goes unexplained, rumour rushes in to fill the gap."

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Do not waste it on speeches. Build something that lasts.