APC Governors Pledge To Deliver States For Tinubu

Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have pledged to deliver their respective states for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.

The governors also reaffirmed their support for Tinubu’s re-election and promised to take leading roles in the campaign and mobilisation of support for the president across their states.

Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum and Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the governors met with Tinubu on Thursday at the presidential Villa ,Abuja.

Uzodinma said the meeting focused largely on governance, particularly measures to reduce the cost of living and ensure that Nigerians feel the impact of the ongoing economic reforms.

He said the discussions covered transportation costs, food security, agriculture and measures to improve the welfare of Nigerians, as well as areas where the government could strengthen its interventions.
“Governance, which took most of the time, is about how to reduce the cost of living in Nigeria, ease the cost of transportation, food security, agriculture, bring prosperity to the people and ensure that the dividends of the various reforms we have gotten over the years trickle down to the people,” Uzodinma said.

On politics, the PGF chairman said Tinubu formally briefed the governors on the constitution of the Presidential Election Committee.

He said the governors were in agreement with the President on preparations for the election.

“All the APC governors are solidly behind Mr President. To that extent, governors are expected to deliver their states,” he said.

Uzodinma explained that each governor would identify the peculiar requirements for a successful campaign in their respective states.

He said the responsibility for delivering electoral support at the subnational level would largely rest on the governors.

“The responsibility of delivering the elections lies on the shoulders of the governors at the subnational level. It is a combination of what has happened at the subnational level and the push at the federal level that will yield the result we are looking for,” he said.

The Imo governor further said the APC governors were united behind Tinubu’s re-election and would work with the party and its leadership throughout the campaign.

“We are united. We are supporting Mr President’s re-election; we are supporting the success of the election. We will work with our party, the APC, and we will work with other leaders of the party,” Uzodinma said.

He added that the governors would take leading roles in both the campaign and the election across their respective states.