‘The Mathematics’ – APC Unveils Mobilization Structure To Help Tinubu Win 2027 Election

The Director-General of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors and Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Hope Uzodimma, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has recruited 4,421,150 canvassers across the country’s 176,846 polling units ahead of the 2027 general election.

Uzodimma, who is also the Governor of Imo State, said the mobilisation structure was part of efforts to strengthen grassroots engagement and secure victory for President Bola Tinubu in the next presidential election.

Naija News reports that Uzodinma spoke on Wednesday in Abuja while delivering the keynote address at the two-day Renewed Hope Ambassadors National Retreat held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel.

The governor expressed confidence that Tinubu’s performance in office, especially in the areas of economic reforms, infrastructure, healthcare, student loans and social investment, would earn him a second term.

‘The Mathematics Of Serious Mobilisation’

Uzodimma said the retreat was designed to build a united and effective grassroots mobilisation machinery that would take the achievements of the Tinubu administration to Nigerians at the ward and polling unit levels.

According to him, the RHA structure now reaches every part of the country, from the national coordinating centre to the six geopolitical zones, 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, 774 local government areas, 8,809 wards and registration areas, and 176,846 polling units.

“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,” he declared.

Uzodimma said the organisation had also created 17 directorates to coordinate its operations across different sectors.

He listed the directorates to include youth, organisation and mobilisation, media and publicity, digital and new media, finance, monitoring, compliance and legal, technology and data, support groups, intelligence, special duties, planning, welfare, administration, women affairs, diaspora, and research and innovation.

He added that the RHA had unveiled a digital platform in April, supported by a Data Communication Centre, to monitor public opinion and respond to misinformation in real time.

‘2027 Will Be Referendum On Reforms’

Describing the 2027 election as a defining moment for the country, Uzodimma said the poll would determine whether Nigeria would continue on what he called the path of reform, stability and shared prosperity.

He said, “2027 will be a referendum on a single question: does Nigeria stay on this hard but necessary road of reform, stability, and shared prosperity, or turn back?”

The Imo governor told coordinators drawn from the six geopolitical zones that the retreat should not be treated as a ceremonial gathering.

He said the meeting must produce key strategy documents, including a Declaration on National Mobilisation, a National Grassroots Mobilisation Blueprint, a Standard Messaging Manual, State-by-State Action Plans, a Polling Unit Deployment Doctrine, a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, and an Election Readiness Checklist.

“Do not waste it on speeches. Build something that lasts,” he charged the participants.

He urged the delegates to serve as “the bridge between policy and the people at every ward, market and polling unit.”

Uzodimma said governments often suffer not because they have failed to perform, but because their achievements are not properly communicated to the people.

According to him, silence allows opponents and critics to misrepresent government policies and fill information gaps with rumours.

He said, “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.”

Defending the Tinubu administration’s major economic policies, including the removal of fuel subsidy and foreign exchange reforms, Uzodimma said the decisions were difficult but necessary.

He said the President chose long-term national stability over short-term political convenience.

“The President chose the path of courage over convenience. Our responsibility is to explain these reforms to Nigerians and ensure that the benefits are clearly understood at the grassroots,” he stated.

The governor said the reforms were already producing results, citing Nigeria’s 3.89 per cent Gross Domestic Product growth in the first quarter of 2026.

He also listed major infrastructure projects of the Federal Government, including the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, Sokoto-Badagry Road, Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Road, Enugu-Onitsha Expressway and Bodo-Bonny Road.

Uzodimma further pointed to improvements in healthcare, the student loan scheme, consumer credit programme, implementation of the new minimum wage, tax reforms and the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative as evidence of progress under the Tinubu administration.

APC Chairman Cites Reserves, Trade Surplus

In his welcome address, the National Chairman of the APC, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, said the Tinubu administration had recorded significant economic gains in the last three years.

He said the government’s reform programme had started delivering measurable results, including improved foreign reserves, stronger investor confidence and increased revenue to states and local governments.

According to him, Nigeria’s foreign reserves had risen to over $50bn, while the country recorded a trade surplus of N7.55tn in the first quarter of 2026.

Yilwatda also said Shell, which he claimed had been reducing its investments in Nigeria, had now committed fresh funds to the country.

“Investors who once sat on the sidelines are now taking a fresh look at Nigeria.

“Shell that was pulling investment is committing a fresh $20 billion into our economy,” Yilwatda said.

The APC chairman added that major international credit rating agencies had upgraded Nigeria’s sovereign ratings, citing improvements in external balances, foreign exchange management, fiscal performance and investor confidence.

Yilwatda urged members of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors to go beyond quoting statistics and begin to explain government policies in ways ordinary Nigerians could understand.

He said policies and projects would not speak for themselves unless party members and supporters carried the message to the people.

He said, “Policies do not speak for themselves. Projects do not speak for themselves. Statistics do not speak for themselves. People speak.

“When discussing student loans, tell the story of a young Nigerian whose future has been transformed through access to education.

“When discussing health insurance and cancer centres, tell the story of families gaining access to quality healthcare. Data informs minds, but stories inspire hearts.”

The APC chairman also cited the GDP figures mentioned in Uzodimma’s keynote address, noting that real GDP grew by 3.89 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, compared to 3.13 per cent in the previous year.

He said the non-oil sector contributed 96.08 per cent of the growth, based on figures from the National Bureau of Statistics.

On infrastructure, Yilwatda listed the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, the Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway and the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Gas Pipeline as some of the flagship projects of the administration.

He said the Sokoto-Badagry project was designed with over 300 dams to support agriculture, energy and water distribution.

Also speaking, the Secretary of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors and Governor of Gombe State, Inuwa Yahaya, said the retreat was organised because of the approaching 2027 general election.

Yahaya said the group must intensify mobilisation and defend the policies of the administration with facts.

“We are here because Nigeria is in a race against time as the 2027 general election is fast approaching.

“Mobilisation is the engine that will power our Renewed Hope Agenda to victory and beyond,” he said.

Describing himself as “a committed soldier of the Renewed Hope Agenda,” Yahaya urged participants to counter what he called a “coordinated campaign of disinformation” by the opposition.

He also appealed to participants to treat internal strategy documents with strict confidentiality.

“Any document intended for public consumption will be disseminated through appropriate channels,” he said.

A former Governor of Nasarawa State and APC stalwart, Tanko Al-Makura, also addressed journalists at the event.

He said the Renewed Hope Agenda represented the culmination of more than 12 years of the APC’s political journey.

The retreat came days after the APC concluded its nationwide staggered primaries ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The exercises produced candidates for the House of Representatives, Senate, state Houses of Assembly and governorship elections.

Yilwatda had, after briefing President Tinubu at his Ikoyi residence during the Sallah holidays, described the primaries as the most competitive in Nigeria’s political history.

The Renewed Hope Ambassadors was established in late 2025 as a formal civic engagement arm of the Tinubu administration’s support structure.

The platform was created to mobilise grassroots communication of government policies and provide a coordinated response to what it described as false information about the administration’s record.

On November 25, 2025, President Tinubu named Uzodimma as a Renewed Hope Ambassador ahead of the national rollout of the Federal Government’s Ward Development Programme.

The Presidency also said Uzodimma would serve as Director-General for party outreach, engagement and mobilisation.

On February 17, 2026, Tinubu named Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, as Deputy Director-General for party outreach, engagement and mobilisation of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors.

The group held its inaugural summit in February 2026, where it presented what it called a Renewed Hope Compendium and a grassroots communication framework.

At the summit, Vice President Kashim Shettima, who represented the President, declared 2026 as the Year of Acceleration.