Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, on Tuesday inaugurated the Nasarawa State All Progressives Congress (APC) 2027 Presidential/Gubernatorial Campaign Council urging party members to work for the success of only APC candidates in 2027.
The Governor serves chairman of the council, while former governors Abdullahi Adamu and Tanko Al-Makura were appointed as Deputy Chairmen 1 and 2 respectively. Former spokesperson of the Nigeria Customs Service, Joseph Oboshi Attah, is to lead the campaign as Director General.
In his inaugural speech, Governor Sule said the inauguration was in line with the template of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) earlier inaugurated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja.
The Governor apologized for the omission of some names from the released list, noting that those who compiled it are human and bound to make mistakes.
He however assured that more members will be accommodated at the zonal and local government levels, adding that members were selected because of their influence at their various localities.
‘Politics is local. The most important list is the list that you are going to come out with from every local government, from every senatorial zone,’ he said.
Governor Sule disclosed a shift in campaign strategy, saying the 2027 campaign will focus more on local government and ward-level campaigns rather than moving all council members to one location.
‘President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has done everything that he is supposed to do for us as a state. He has done everything he’s supposed to do also as a zone. The only thank you we can say to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is to re-elect him,’ he said.
He stressed that re-electing the President without electing APC senators, House of Representatives members, governor and House of Assembly members would be half work done.
‘Therefore, if you truly love President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, then you should vote for him and vote for the people in the same party who will also support him. And that is the reason why when you vote for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, you vote also for the senators and the House of Reps, and more importantly, a governor representing your state should also be APC,’ he said.
In his remarks, The APC gubernatorial candidate in the State, Senator Ahmed Aliyu Wadada, says his ambition to govern the state is beyond personal interest and about the prosperity of the people of Nasarawa State.
He assured party faithful that he is not coming to downplay the legacies of previous administrations but to sustain and expand them.
‘You may not at all times like or enjoy my utterances, but deep inside me, I am humble, I am respectful, and I am loyal. So nobody should be scared. We are not coming to downplay anything or anybody. We are coming to sustain, retain, deepen, and broaden the scope of legacies that have been put before us. And we shall be fair and just to all,’ he assured.
Wadada also appealed to those who may have doubts about his candidacy on grounds of dialect, zone, local government or faith to have a rethink, saying he has no boundaries.
‘My late father, whom of course I am always proud to be his son, had no boundaries. He was everywhere, and everywhere was for him. And that was what he taught me. And so, I am for you, you are for me.