2027: Inuwa Yahaya flags off APC campaign, targets 1m votes for Tinubu

By Ben Ngwakwe, Gombe BAJOGA, the headquarters of Funakaye Local Government Area of Gombe State, was the venue of the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign flag-off on Saturday, as Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya declared the state ready to support President Bola Tinubu and other candidates of the ruling party in the 2027 general elections. At the rally, which attracted party supporters and political stakeholders from across the state, Inuwa Yahaya said the APC was targeting at least one million votes for Tinubu, expressing confidence that the party would win all elective positions in Gombe.

The event was attended by the Special Adviser to the President on Political and Other Matters, Hon. Ibrahim Kabir Masari; APC Deputy National Chairman (North), Hon. Ali Bukar Dalori; former governors, members of the National Assembly and other party chieftains. Addressing the gathering, the governor urged residents to assess the APC based on its performance in government, highlighting projects and programmes implemented by his administration and the Federal Government.

He particularly commended Tinubu’s electricity sector reforms, saying they had created opportunities for state governments to participate in power generation, transmission and distribution. Inuwa Yahaya cited the one-megawatt solar power project commissioned in Talasse and ongoing four-megawatt power projects in Kaltungo, Kumo, Bajoga and Dukku as examples of the benefits of the reforms.

He also listed the Kaltungo Snakebite Research Centre, Federal Orthopaedic Hospital in Billiri, Federal Medical Centre in Kumo and ongoing interventions at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, among federal projects in the state. On transportation infrastructure, the governor identified the Akwanga-Jos-Bauchi-Gombe-Biu road corridor and the proposed railway development from Jos towards the North-East as projects expected to improve connectivity and economic activities in the region.

He also highlighted the Ultramodern International Livestock Market, International Grains Market, Timberland Abattoir and Inland Dry Port as initiatives aimed at strengthening Gombe’s commercial activities, attracting investment and creating employment opportunities. The governor said his administration had constructed more than 1,100 kilometres of roads across the state, adding that the APC was seeking the electorate’s support based on its record in office.

“We are not promising; we are asking you to rate us based on our deliverables. Development has been taken to every nook and cranny of the state,” he said. FG to reconstruct major roads Inuwa Yahaya also announced that the Federal Government, through the North-East Development Commission (NEDC), would undertake the reconstruction of the Gombe-Dukku, Gombe-Bajoga-Potiskum and Gombe-Yola roads.

He further disclosed plans for a six-span bridge linking Galda in Yobe State with Jigawa in Gombe State, describing the proposed projects as important interventions for transportation and economic integration in the region. The governor attributed the state government’s improved capacity to address outstanding gratuity obligations to the increased fiscal resources available to states following the economic policies of the Tinubu administration.

He also expressed optimism that the Local Council Development Areas established by his administration would eventually receive recognition as local government areas. On the 2027 elections, Inuwa Yahaya declared that the APC would seek victory across all elective positions in Gombe, while targeting at least one million votes for Tinubu. “Insha Allah, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is coming back, and we are going to win from head to toe.

“As far as Gombe is concerned, Mr Adviser, tell Mr President that he should go to bed with two eyes closed. The case is closed. Gombe is delivered. It is sealed and delivered,” he said. Masari, Dalori seek support for APC Earlier, the Special Adviser to the President on Political and Other Matters, Ibrahim Kabir Masari, expressed satisfaction with the turnout at the rally, describing it as a demonstration of the party’s mobilisation efforts in the state.

Masari commended Inuwa Yahaya’s leadership, urging party members to sustain their unity and mobilisation ahead of the elections. Similarly, the APC Deputy National Chairman (North), Ali Bukar Dalori, praised the governor’s development initiatives and called on Gombe to lead the party’s electoral mobilisation in the North-East. He expressed confidence in the APC’s prospects in the region and urged supporters to remain committed to the party.

“Let Gombe lead APC in the North-East. The opposition should stop wasting time, as the people have already decided to vote for respect instead of disrespect, development instead of backwardness, unity instead of disunity and peace over chaos,” he said. Gwamna pledges continuity The APC governorship candidate in Gombe State, Dr Jamilu Ishyaku Gwamna, pledged to consolidate the development progr