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Nigeria’s APC opens registration to back Tinubu in 2027

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Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress is opening registration for five days for support groups backing President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. The scheme is intended to coordinate a nationwide mobilisation and promote the president’s economic and institutional reforms, according to Silas Agara, his campaign’s mobilisation chief.

The All Progressives Congress (APC), the party of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, opened a five-day registration portal on Sunday to mobilise support groups for his 2027 presidential bid. Silas Agara, director of mobilisation for the groups within the APC Presidential Campaign Council, announced the initiative at a press conference in Abuja, Punch reports.

The scheme aims to mobilise support nationwide and draws on the economic and institutional reforms championed by Bola Tinubu to secure backing for a second term, according to Punch.

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