Tinubu Inaugurates Presidential Campaign Council, Excuses Himself From Rigours

By Samuel Olusegun Precious

Tinubu Inaugurates Presidential Campaign Council, Excuses Himself From Rigours

By Samuel Olusegun Precious

Category: News/Politics

Date: 15/10/26

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday inaugurated the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 general election at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja.

President Tinubu, who will chair the council himself, told members he will not be joining every campaign tour across the country, saying governance must come first.

Addressing party leaders, Tinubu said:”You have warned me and asked me not to allow the rigour of the campaign to distract me from governance. I hear you. I am in full agreement with your decision. Nigeria needs more attention now than ever before. The responsibility of this office does not pause. The job must go on.”

He added:”However, I will still make time to speak directly with Nigerians, even as you lead the campaign in the states and local government areas. So you will excuse me from going everywhere with you. We have bills to pay. The American creditors cannot wait.”

The President said the inauguration was more than a campaign activity but a renewal of the APC’s covenant with Nigerians, themed “Renewed Hope, Cooperative Federalism and Shared Prosperity.”

Council Leadership

Chairman: President Bola Tinubu

First Vice-Chairman: Vice President Kashim Shettima

Second Vice-Chairman: APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda

Deputy Vice-Chairmen: Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq

Director-General: Former Zamfara Governor Abdulaziz Yari

Secretary: Imo Governor Hope Uzodimma (Chairman, Progressive Governors Forum)

Head of Administration: Femi Gbajabiamila

Director, Stakeholder Mobilisation: Dr Abdullahi Ganduje

Spokesman: Dele Alake

Other notable coordinators include FCT Minister Nyesom Wike (Rivers/FCT), Governors Ademola Adeleke (Osun, Accord Party) and Charles Soludo (Anambra, APGA), who were drafted from opposition parties in what the party called a rainbow coalition.

Tinubu charged the council to take the administration’s record and campaign message to every ward, LGA and state, while he focuses on attracting long-term investors.”We want those investors to come in, be here to stay, to invest for the future of our children,” he said.