A Large crowd of women in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have declared their support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu following a grassroots mobilisation campaign by the socio-cultural group Nembe Se Unites.
The women made their position known during a sensitisation and mobilisation tour of Nembe City and Opu-Nembe organised under the group’s Ama-Ama (Village-to-Village) Tour for PBAT initiative to rally rural women behind the President’s 2027 re-election bid.
Convener of Nembe Se Unites Mrs. Beatrice Awululu said the initiative was designed to take the campaign message directly to women in communities and encourage their active participation in the electoral process.
Awululu said the women were encouraged by what she described as the benefits of the Tinubu administration particularly development interventions in Nembe and the wider Bayelsa East Senatorial District through the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
She specifically acknowledged the contributions of the NDDC under its Managing Director Dr. Samuel Ogbuku noting that the commission’s interventions had strengthened the women’s resolve to support the President for another term.
According to her the mobilisation exercise also focused on voter participation with women sensitised on the need to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and turn out to vote in the 2027 elections.
She described women as an important force in grassroots politics and urged them to reciprocate what she considered the administration’s positive interventions by supporting Tinubu’s re-election.
Also speaking the Opu-Nembe Coordinator of the Ama-Ama Tour for PBAT Mrs. Seiyefa Clinton said the campaign was aimed at building political consensus among women and mobilising support for the APC and President Tinubu.
According to her the initiative drew inspiration from the traditional Nembe practice of collective deliberation through which community members discuss important issues and arrive at a common position.
Clinton said the women had resolved to speak with one voice and support the APC and Tinubu in the 2027 general elections.
Similarly the Secretary-General of Nembe Se Unites Mrs. Abel Ikiomuna Faith said the group’s message was for women across the area to unite behind their grand patron Chief Dr. Kojo Sam and work towards the President’s re-election.
She said the mobilisation was intended to strengthen unity among women and translate their collective position into active participation in the electoral process.
The group’s Leader in Nembe City Mrs. Inigoni Gamage and the Women Leader in Okoroma Mrs. Fakuma Ederson Zebidi expressed confidence in the group’s mobilisation efforts saying they expected the initiative to expand support for the APC ahead of the presidential election.
Awululu also commended Bayelsa State Governor Senator Douye Diri; NDDC Managing Director Dr. Samuel Ogbuku; High Chief Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo; and Chief Dr. Kojo Sam for what she described as their support for Tinubu’s re-election.