Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has charged members of the Borno State All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council to take the 2027 campaign to their wards and polling units, and engage with local party structures to ensure high voter turnout.
Governor Zulum, who is also the Chairman of the Campaign Council, gave the charge on Sunday while inaugurating the 2027 Campaign Council at the Multipurpose Hall of Government House, Maiduguri.
He said the party must earn voters’ renewed confidence through service, persuasion and effective organisation, cautioning members against relying on past victories.
“Every member of this Campaign Council must take personal responsibility. Go to your local government area. Go to your ward. Go to your polling unit. Meet the people, listen to them and work with the party structures on the ground,” Zulum said.
The governor asked council members to involve women and young people in the campaign, engage party elders and submit regular reports on their activities.
He also urged them to conduct themselves peacefully and within the law, and to help supporters understand the voting process.
Governor Zulum appealed to members who missed out in the party primaries to remain committed and work together for the party’s victory at all levels, urging those who succeeded to reach out to them and address their grievances.
He warned that conduct undermining APC candidates or the party’s collective interests would face consequences as contained in the party’s constitution.
“Our responsibility is to explain this record honestly to the electorate, listen carefully to their concerns and earn their renewed confidence,” the governor said.
The governor emphasised the need for Borno to deliver more votes as the home state of Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima, and to reciprocate President Bola Tinubu’s support for establishing the Federal College of Education in Gwoza, the Federal University of Agriculture and Entrepreneurship in Bama, and the National Orthopaedic Hospital in Azare.
Zulum expressed confidence that Engr. Mustapha Gubio would succeed him and build on his administration’s work, urging the electorate to vote for APC from the Presidency to the state assembly level.
In their separate goodwill messages, former governor, Senator Maina Ma’aji Lawan, APC Deputy National Chairman North, Hon. Ali Bukar Dalori, Senate Chief Whip, Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno, Hon. Mukhtar Betara, Speaker of the State Assembly, Abdulkarim Lawan and APC State Chairman, Hon. Bello Ayuba, all stressed the need for unity among members of the campaign organisation, to embark on a house-to-house campaign, mobilise volume of votes and deliver APC candidates at all levels.
In his vote of thanks, Borno State Deputy Governor, Hon. Umar Usman Kadafur, who is also the Vice Chairman I of the Council, assured them he would deliver on the mandate given to him.
He reiterated that the campaign will be issue-based and will mobilise every unit, ward, and local government to take the party to victory.