President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday inaugurated the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), declaring that the celebration is prepared and united to resume its covenant with Nigerians forward of the 2027 presidential election.
At the ceremony on the State House Conference Centre in Abuja, President Tinubu charged council members and celebration leaders to exhibit unity, dedication, and dedication as they put together for the marketing campaign, whereas preserving the administration’s governance priorities firmly on observe.
The President expressed confidence within the PCC and the celebration’s potential to work collectively towards its goals, stressing that unity, self-discipline, and a shared sense of goal can be important to the duty forward.
” As I stand earlier than you with a coronary heart filled with gratitude and spirit filled with resolve, it’s my honour to inaugurate the presidential marketing campaign council of the All Progressives Congress for the 2027 General Election. I thank all of you for the final election, however nobody will get credit score for an incomplete task till you ship the subsequent election, till you ship your electoral wards, till you ship the votes,” he mentioned.
The President additionally acknowledged the recommendation of the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, who counselled him to not let the rigours of the election marketing campaign distract him from his duties of governance.
In his speech, Uzodimma assured the President that the governors and different celebration leaders would do their greatest to ship the correct message to Nigerians through the marketing campaign.
President Tinubu mentioned the recommendation was well timed, noting that whereas the PCC-APC would intensify its political mobilisation, his administration remained dedicated to delivering on its guarantees and addressing the wants and aspirations of Nigerians.
“However, I will still make time to speak directly with Nigerians even as you lead the campaign in the states and local government areas. We have bills to pay. The American creditors cannot wait. We want those investors to come in and invest for the future of our children,” the President mentioned.
President Tinubu known as on members of the marketing campaign council to conduct their actions responsibly, have interaction Nigerians constructively, and spotlight the administration’s insurance policies and programmes below the Renewed Hope Agenda.
The President additionally counseled Vice President Kashim Shettima for his oratory and patriotic method to nationwide improvement, calling his speech glorious.
He counseled Lagos State Governor Babajide Samwo-Olu and his Deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, for his or her contributions to the success he recorded throughout his time period as governor of the state, particularly in taming the encroachment by the Atlantic Ocean.
“There is a limit, but there is no limit in daring. We dared the Atlantic Ocean, and the result is the Atlantic City in Lagos”, he mentioned.
Vice President Kashim Shettima earlier counseled the President’s braveness and conviction in deepening democracy within the nation.
He cited the President’s assist for former Vice President and Presidential Candidate of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, in 2007 to contest the Presidency on the platform of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).
The Vice President berated the previous Vice President Atiku for belittling the workplace of the President.
” You can name him Bola, in case you like, name him Adekunle, however he’s the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” Shettima mentioned.
Shettima additionally slammed National Democratic Movement presidential candidate Peter Obi for peddling bogus statistics and sometimes evaluating Nigeria with different nations with out context.
Earlier, APC National Chairman Professor Nentawe Yilwatda mentioned the occasion mirrored the celebration’s shared dedication to entrench a greater Nigeria.
He declared that the presence of Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party (AP), Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Nyesom Wike, the chief of the PDP, to assist the President’s re- election was an affidavit to the laudable insurance policies of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The APC Chairman urged the Council to speak President Tinubu’s achievements and insurance policies with precision and to have interaction Nigerians with confidence, understanding that large progress has been made previously three years.
He assured the President that the Council will canvass ward to ward, native authorities to native authorities, and state to state to make sure voters prove en masse to re-elect him in 2027.
“We should present Nigerians how this funding and reforms can translate into sensible enchancment in our every day lives. This is the substance of our marketing campaign.
“A transparent document, an sincere evaluation of the challenges and a reputable imaginative and prescient of the long run. I perceive our members’ expectations as we method the subsequent normal election.
“Our power relies on the effectiveness of our nationwide management, the dedication of the state chapters led by our generals, governors, the organisation of our native authorities and the dedication on the ward degree.
“Let the coming election be a contest of ideas, records, and policies and be conducted peacefully and with respect for the Nigerian people, because we know we’ve done so much for the Nigerian people, and the Nigerian people always respect us”, he mentioned.
Uzodinma, who can be the Secretary of the Council, assured the President that his administration’s laudable insurance policies and programmes would make the PCC’s work simpler, noting that the marketing campaign shall be issue-based.
He acknowledged the President’s braveness in confronting the myriad nationwide challenges earlier administrations had shied away from, including that Nigerians had been pleased with it.
“The very first thing we’re pleased with is the braveness you delivered to the issues you inherited if you took workplace. The nation was spending more cash on petrol subsidies than on a lot of its most vital public companies mixed. And a system of a number of change charges rewarded a couple of at everybody else’s expense.
“Every Nigerian leader before you knew that these arrangements could not last. You were the only one who chose to end them. On the first day of your administration and in the full knowledge that it would cost your popularity, you did it,” he mentioned.
Governor Uzodimma additionally lauded the tax reforms, which, together with different reforms, drove the economic system’s progress to 4.43%, up from 4.23% a 12 months earlier.
“Nobody right here pretends that these reforms didn’t deliver some hardship or some inconveniences to our individuals, however the establishments that measure economies of countries are actually saying what we’ve been saying for a while, which is that Nigeria is on the correct course.
In their goodwill messages, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike, expressed their dedication to making sure that the President was re-elected in 2027, to proceed the great work he has began.
Governor Adeleke electrified the Banquet Hall along with his well-known dance steps, drawing cheers from the crowded corridor.
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike mentioned that, because the chief of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he helps President Tinubu as a result of the President has supplied daring management and path for the nation.
“Previous administrations identified our problems, but did not tackle them. You have not shied away from tackling such problems. You tackled them from Day One,” the Minister mentioned.
Wike charged the governors to win their states for President Tinubu.
Also of their goodwill messages, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs, Ibrahim Kabiru Masari, and elder statesman Alhaji Tanko Yakassai additionally known as on Nigerians to assist the President for a second time period in workplace to consolidate the features to date recorded by his reform agenda.
Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser to the President
(Information & Strategy)
October 14, 2026
