By Aminu Garko
Kano – July 15, 2026 – Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, on Wednesday launched a grassroots engagement to consolidate the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2027 general elections.
He said the party was mobilising from the polling unit level to secure victory for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and all APC candidates.
This was contained in a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa.
The governor made the declaration during an interactive session with the leadership and members of the APC Polling Unit Supporters Association, popularly known as ‘Yan Akwatina, led by Najib Abdulkadir Salati.
The association has structures across the 44 local government areas, 484 wards and all polling units in Kano State, making it one of the party’s largest grassroots mobilisation platforms.
Speaking at the event, Governor Yusuf said the re-election of President Tinubu in 2027 remained the best political opportunity for Nigeria to consolidate the gains of the administration’s economic reforms and accelerated infrastructure development.
He stressed that APC’s grassroots engagement would further strengthen the party’s support base and ensure victory in all elective positions in the state and at the national level.
As part of efforts to empower the association, Governor Yusuf donated plots of land and N100 million to support its activities.
Earlier, the Governor’s Political Adviser, Mustapha Hamza Buhari Bakwana, said the engagement marked the commencement of APC’s grassroots mobilisation strategy for the 2027 elections.
According to him, the Polling Unit Supporters Association alone had the capacity to mobilise at least 1,122,200 votes for President Tinubu in the next presidential election.
In his remarks, the leader of the association, Najib Abdulkadir Salati, commended Governor Yusuf for carrying members of the group along through appointments at state and local government levels.
He pledged the association’s commitment to delivering overwhelming victories for the APC in the 2027 general elections.
Also speaking, the APC Chairman in Kano State, Umar Haruna Doguwa, said the party was on course for a landslide victory, adding that the governor’s achievements had weakened the opposition in Kano.
He expressed confidence that the APC would continue to dominate the state’s political landscape as preparations for the 2027 elections gathered momentum.
