Kwara State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has been appointed as Deputy Vice Chairman III of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for the 2027 general elections.
The council is scheduled for inauguration on Wednesday, October 14, at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Under the campaign structure, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu serves as Chairman, with Vice President Kashim Shettima as Vice Chairman I, and APC National Chairman Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda as Vice Chairman II. The leadership team also features Senate President Godswill Akpabio as Deputy Vice Chairman I, Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas as Deputy Vice Chairman II, and Governor AbdulRazaq as Deputy Vice Chairman III.
In addition to his national leadership role, Governor AbdulRazaq was reaffirmed as the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (PBAT) State Campaign Coordinator for Kwara State, charged with leading grassroots mobilization, stakeholder engagement, and campaign operations across the state’s 16 local government areas.
Several prominent Kwara political leaders and stakeholders were also named to various campaign directorates and committees, including Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim as Secretary II for the Directorate of Fund Raising, Chief Issa Aremu as Deputy Director I for Union Relations, Hon. Gbenga Makanjuola as a member of the Contact and Mobilisation Committee, and Otunba Biodun Ajiboye as a member of the Directorate of Media and Strategic Communications.
Other appointees include Alhaji Raheem Adedoyin, Hakeem Lawal, and Pastor John Dara as members of the Directorate of Stakeholders Mobilisation, reflecting the party’s strategy to integrate key Kwara stakeholders into national and state-level campaign operations ahead of the 2027 general elections.