2027: Enugu Unity Forum Begins Grassroots Mobilisation for Tinubu, Mbah, APC

…Udeh, Ubosi, others rally support for continuity, cite landmark achievements of APC governments

The Enugu State Unity Forum, a prominent support group championing the re-election of President Bola Tinubu, Governor Peter Mbah and other candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, has commenced an aggressive grassroots and door-to-door mobilisation campaign ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The mobilisation drive comes as the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Barr. Victor Udeh; former Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. Uchenna Ubosi; and other key political stakeholders have urged members of the Forum to take the achievements of the Tinubu and Mbah administrations to the grassroots, describing their records in office as compelling reasons for their re-election.

Speaking during an engagement with members of the Forum in Enugu East Local Government Area, the group’s coordinator, Hon. Emeka Nwatu, said the Forum would focus on two major areas: voter education and political enlightenment, particularly sensitising residents to the achievements of the APC-led governments.

Nwatu explained that the group would concentrate its activities in rural communities, where members would educate eligible voters on how to cast their ballots correctly to avoid invalidating their votes.

He also urged eligible voters who were yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to do so in preparation for the elections, expressing confidence that the APC would record a sweeping victory in 2027.

Speaking on behalf of the six local government council chairmen in Enugu East Senatorial District, the Chairman of Enugu East Local Government Area, Engr. Beloved-Dan Anike, described the APC as an increasingly dominant political platform in the state and expressed confidence in its electoral prospects.

Anike likened the APC to an ocean capable of producing political heavyweights, noting that the coming together of different political interests under the Enugu State Unity Forum had strengthened the party’s unity and electoral prospects.

He described the APC as the political platform capable of taking Enugu State and Nigeria in the right direction, urging residents to identify with the party and support its candidates across the board.

Anike also reaffirmed the commitment of the six council chairmen to the re-election of Tinubu and Mbah.

In his remarks, Ubosi said Governor Mbah’s performance had made political mobilisation considerably easier, pointing to the administration’s delivery on its promises.

He noted that the volume of projects executed within three years was too extensive to be fully enumerated at a single gathering.

The former Speaker maintained that opposing the governor’s re-election despite the visible development across the state would amount to working against Enugu’s progress. He expressed confidence that the APC would emerge victorious in the presidential, governorship and legislative elections.

Also speaking, Barr. Udeh expressed delight at the large turnout of supporters, describing it as an indication of the party’s growing political strength in the state.

Recounting the political journey that culminated in Governor Mbah’s emergence in 2023, he recalled the role played by the Ifemeluma Group and stakeholders from Enugu West Senatorial District in advocating for Enugu East to produce the next governor in the spirit of equity.

He said Mbah distinguished himself during the campaign by becoming the first governorship candidate in a long time to publicly present his manifesto at Godfrey Okoye University. He added that the governor had not only fulfilled his campaign promises but had also exceeded expectations.

Udeh described Mbah’s performance as exceptional, drawing parallels with the development-oriented leadership of the late Premier of Eastern Nigeria, Dr. Michael Okpara.

He urged residents to reject what he described as empty political promises and remain focused on candidates with demonstrable records of performance.

Highlighting the administration’s achievements, the Chief of Staff listed the establishment of 268 Smart Green Schools across the state’s electoral wards, offering tuition-free education, free school uniforms and daily meals for pupils.

He also cited the construction of 260 Type-2 Primary Healthcare Centres, the settlement of inherited gratuity liabilities, extensive road construction and rehabilitation projects, as well as the proposed 10-kilometre-per-ward road programme, under which communities would determine their priority roads.

Udeh further highlighted ongoing road projects, including the dualisation of Penoks Road and the Abakpa-Nike-Ugwogo-Ekwegbe-Opi-Nsukka Road, as well as infrastructure interventions in Emene and Trans-Ekulu.

He attributed several federal infrastructure projects in the state, including the Enugu-Port Harcourt and Enugu-Onitsha expressways, the Ninth Mile-Makurdi Road, the Emene Flyover, the Abakpa Junction Flyover and the New Artisan Twin Bridges, to the improved collaboration between the state and federal governments.

He also disclosed that President Tinubu had approved the commencement of a gas pipeline project from Egbema in Imo State through Abia, Anambra, Enugu and Ebonyi, describing it as a major intervention that could address infrastructure deficits that have constrained industrial development in the South-East.

Calling on residents to support the re-election of Tinubu, Mbah and other APC candidates, Udeh stressed that sustained collaboration between the federal and state governments would accelerate development and deliver greater dividends of democracy to the region.

Also speaking, the Secretary of Enugu East Local Government Area, Barr. Uchenna Mbaeke, assured the governor and the party leadership that the grassroots mobilisation machinery was already firmly in place.

He said members of the Forum had been strategically positioned across electoral wards and polling units to secure victory for the APC in 2027.

Mbaeke added that Mbah’s re-election would guarantee further development, consolidate the gains already recorded and advance the prospects of a better Nigeria.

The Enugu Unity Forum, Enugu East Zone, organised by Mbaeke, brought together key political stakeholders, community leaders and grassroots mobilisers under a common platform to advance the re-election campaigns of the President, the governor and other APC candidates in the state.