••• As Betta Edu, APC PCC Women’s Directorate Take First Lady’s Mobilisation to 171 Ward Leaders
The Ebonyi State Government has pledged 80 per cent of the state’s votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima in the 2027 presidential election, citing federal government projects and interventions.
Governor Francis Nwifuru gave the assurance at an All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council rally in Abakaliki on Monday, declaring that the ruling party had consolidated its political foothold across the state.
According to the reported 2026 INEC voter register, Ebonyi has 1,828,056 registered voters, with the 80 per cent target translating to approximately 1.46 million votes across the state’s 13 local government areas and 171 electoral wards.
Nwifuru said the Tinubu administration had strengthened the APC’s political standing in Ebonyi through appointments, infrastructure, and development initiatives.
He cited the appointment of former Governor Dave Umahi as Minister of Works, federal road projects, the proposed aviation college, the Army Training Depot and the growing number of beneficiaries of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) as key interventions that had boosted the party’s support.
“Eighty per cent of our votes is assured. This is an APC state,” the governor said.
The pledge came as Dr Betta Edu who spoke on stage at the rally appealed to Ndi Ebony to come out and vote for APC PresidentTinubu, the Governorand all APC candidates.
Dr Edu and the APC PCC Directorate of Women Mobilisation intensified grassroots engagements on behalf of the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, across the state.
The mobilisation drive followed the First Lady’s stakeholder engagement in Abakaliki on Sunday, which included a visit to a hospital to support women, children, and vulnerable residents.
During the empowerment programme, women received business support, while patients were offered assistance as part of efforts to extend the Renewed Hope Agenda to communities and households.
The engagement was subsequently extended to women leaders and stakeholders across Ebonyi’s 171 electoral wards, with Edu and the Directorate urging women to sustain their participation in the political process and mobilise support for the Tinubu-Shettima ticket.
The Women’s Directorate said the ward-level engagement was aimed at strengthening the APC’s grassroots structures, taking the message of the Renewed Hope Agenda to households, markets and communities, and securing a decisive victory for the ruling party in 2027.