APC recruits 4.4m agents for Tinubu’s 2027 reelection bid

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is building a formidable grassroots mobilization machinery for the 2027 general elections, aiming to deploy 4,421,150 agents across the nation's 176,846 polling units. Governor Hope Uzodimma, Director-General of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, announced this extensive network at a national retreat in Abuja, stressing that "this is the mathematics of serious mobilization. That is the difference between hoping to win and organizing to win."

Uzodimma expressed strong confidence that President Bola Tinubu's performance in office will guarantee him a second term in 2027. The retreat focused on creating a unified strategy, with participants tasked to produce a national mobilization blueprint, messaging manual, state-by-state action plans, and an election readiness checklist.

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

The APC's mobilization structure is layered, extending from a national coordinating center down to individual polling units, encompassing 17 directorates that cover various aspects from media and publicity to finance, intelligence, and diaspora affairs. A digital platform launched in April will aid in tracking public sentiment and combating misinformation in real time.

Governor Uzodimma framed the 2027 election 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 delegates to view the retreat as a working session, emphasizing that "silence, rather than failure, is the primary vulnerability of any government." The party aims to ensure that positive actions and reforms are effectively communicated to the public.

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Very often, it is silence. 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.