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Radda pledges Katsina’s support for Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid

From The Punch · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Katsina Governor Dikko Radda pledged the state’s support for President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign.
  • Radda said the All Progressives Congress maintains a united structure across Katsina’s 34 local government areas and credited Tinubu’s reforms with increasing resources for state and local governments.
  • The PBAT Door-to-Door Movement launched its Katsina structure and presented campaign vehicles to coordinators across the state.

Katsina Governor Dikko Radda has promised President Bola Tinubu that the state will stand behind his 2027 re-election bid, presenting the pledge at the launch of a grassroots campaign movement.

Radda spoke on Saturday at the People’s Square in Katsina during the inauguration of the Katsina State structure of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement. The group is mobilising support for Tinubu at the grassroots level.

Katsina State is an APC state. Every elected person in Katsina State is a member of the All Progressives Congress, and I want to assure you that Katsina State has a special attachment to President Bola Tinubu.

· Dikko RaddaThe Katsina governor described the state’s political alignment and pledged support for Tinubu.

The governor described Katsina as an All Progressives Congress stronghold, saying the party has a united structure across all 34 local government areas. “Katsina State is an APC state. Every elected person in Katsina State is a member of the All Progressives Congress, and I want to assure you that Katsina State has a special attachment to President Bola Tinubu,” Radda said.

President Bola Tinubu, I want you to be rest assured that Katsina State is your state and will not let you down. We will support you, our people will support you, Insha Allah.

· Dikko RaddaRadda directly assured Tinubu of Katsina’s support for the 2027 election.

He urged residents to support the administration and said its economic reforms had increased the resources available to state governments while giving local governments greater financial autonomy. “President Bola Tinubu, I want you to be rest assured that Katsina State is your state and will not let you down. We will support you, our people will support you, Insha Allah,” he said.

Speaking for the movement’s founder, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, widely known as Tompolo, High Chief Kestin Ebimorbowei Pondi urged members to take the campaign into wards, communities, markets and households. Katsina APC Chairman Bishir Gambo Saulawa called the party a united family and asked the movement to work with existing APC structures. Campaign vehicles were handed to coordinators across the state’s 34 local government areas.

President Bola Tinubu came with a lot of reforms which have enabled state governors to do a lot of good work for the people of our states. We should remain ever grateful to President Bola Tinubu.

· Dikko RaddaRadda praised the president’s economic reforms.
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Originally published by The Punch in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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