2027: Uzodimma Unveils Plan To Recruit 4.4 Million Canvassers For Tinubu’s Re-Election.

                                           

Imo State Governor and Director-General of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors (RHA), Senator Hope Uzodimma, has unveiled plans to deploy more than 4.4 million canvassers across Nigeria to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in the 2027 general election.

Uzodimma disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja while addressing participants at the RHA Retreat for National Mobilisation themed, “Building a Unified National Mobilisation Architecture.”

The event attracted the organisation’s national, zonal and state leaders, alongside key figures of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), including Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani, Gombe State Governor Inuwa Yahaya, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Atiku Bagudu and APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda.

According to the governor, the mobilisation strategy is designed to establish a strong grassroots presence in every part of the country ahead of the next presidential election.

“At twenty-five canvassers to a polling unit, that is a lawful civic force of 4,421,150 people across the federation. That is the mathematics of serious mobilisation. That is the difference between hoping to win and organising to win,” Uzodimma said.

He explained that the structure would extend from the national level through the six geopolitical zones, the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, 774 local government areas, 8,809 wards and registration areas, down to Nigeria’s 176,846 polling units.

The governor said the Renewed Hope Ambassadors would focus on taking government policies and achievements directly to communities while countering misinformation surrounding the administration’s reforms.

“We are the bridge between policy and the people. We are the listening ear of government in the village square, the plain voice of reform in the marketplace, the disciplined presence of our party at the ward and the polling unit,” he stated.

Defending President Tinubu’s economic reforms, Uzodimma said difficult decisions such as the removal of fuel subsidy and exchange-rate unification were necessary to secure Nigeria’s long-term economic future.

“No country was ever built by leaders who run from hard decisions. The easy path was wide open. Leave the fuel subsidy untouched. Keep the old exchange-rate windows. Let our children inherit the bill. President Tinubu refused,” he said.

The Imo governor pointed to recent economic indicators as evidence that the reforms were beginning to yield results, citing a reported 3.89 per cent year-on-year growth in Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the first quarter of 2026.

He also highlighted major infrastructure projects under the administration, including the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, Sokoto-Badagry Road, Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano corridor, Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, Second Niger Bridge access roads and the Bodo-Bonny Road.

Uzodimma further referenced government interventions in healthcare, education and social welfare, including the student loan scheme, consumer credit programme, Presidential CNG Initiative and the establishment of the Ministry of Livestock Development.

He maintained that the 2027 general election would be determined by performance, organisation, credibility and grassroots engagement rather than political sentiment.

“The politics of 2027 will not be won on sentiment. It will be won on performance, on structure, on a disciplined message, on unity, on data, on credibility, and on a real bond with the people,” he said.

The governor stressed that the Renewed Hope Ambassadors remained a support platform for the APC and not a parallel political organisation.

“We work with the APC leadership at every level, from the national headquarters to the smallest polling unit. The RHA is not a rival party. It is the engine that helps the party move, in disciplined partnership with every stakeholder,” he added.