DOOR-TO-DOOR: TOMPOLO TAKES TINUBU RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN TO KATSINA

DOOR-TO-DOOR: TOMPOLO TAKES TINUBU RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN TO KATSINA

…Governor Radda pledges landslide victory 

The Grand Patron of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has called on Katsina residents to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, citing the appointment of indigenes of the state to strategic positions in his administration.

Katsina State Governor, Alhaji Dikko Umar Radda, also pledged the state’s support for Tinubu, expressing confidence that the President would secure a landslide victory in the state.

They spoke in Katsina during the inauguration of the state chapter of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement.

Tompolo, represented by the Managing Director of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, High Chief Kestin Ebimorbowe Pondi, PhD, described Tinubu’s relationship with Katsina as one built on “trust, confidence and inclusion.”

He said residents should reciprocate the President’s confidence in the state by supporting his administration and re-election bid.

Among the appointees he listed were the Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs, Ibrahim Kabir Masari; Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Muttaqa Rabe Darma; Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa; and Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education, Idris Muhammed Bugaje.

Others, according to him, were the Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz; Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission, Senator Ibrahim Ida; Chairman of the Federal Capital Development Authority, former Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema; Chairman of the TETFund Board of Trustees, former Governor Aminu Bello Masari; and Chairman of the Nigerian Agricultural Land Development Authority, Senator Kabir Abdullahi Barkiya.

Tompolo said the appointments showed that Tinubu regarded Katsina as more than a source of votes, describing the state as a reservoir of talent, experience and capacity deserving representation at the highest levels of government.

“These are not ceremonial appointments. They are positions of responsibility, authority and national consequence,” he said.

He also linked Tinubu’s confidence in Katsina to the state’s contribution to the political journey that culminated in the election of the late President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.

Outlining the movement’s mobilisation strategy, Tompolo urged members to engage voters across wards, communities, markets and households ahead of the 2027 elections.

“As we approach 2027, Katsina has an opportunity to reciprocate that confidence. Our message as the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement is therefore simple: Go from door to door, from ward to ward, from community to community, from market to market, from household to household,” he said.

He pointed to the Federal Government’s economic reforms, particularly the push for greater financial autonomy for local governments, saying they could enable resources to reach communities directly.

According to him, increased funding at the grassroots could support roads, schools, primary healthcare, water, sanitation, markets and other essential services.

“Katsina has been trusted. Let Katsina return that trust. Katsina has been recognised. Let Katsina recognise that confidence. Katsina has been given a seat at the table. Let Katsina remain at the table,” he said.

“In 2027, let us stand together for continuity, stability and progress. Let Katsina lead the way. Vote continuity. Vote confidence. Vote President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.”

In his remarks, Radda described Katsina as an All Progressives Congress stronghold, saying the state had maintained a longstanding political relationship with Tinubu and the Yoruba political establishment.

He recalled Tinubu’s relationship with the late General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, whom he described as one of the greatest politicians of his time, and said that relationship continued through Yar’Adua’s younger brother, the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

The governor commended Tompolo for choosing Katsina as the first state for the launch of the movement’s initiative.

He said the choice reflected the relationship between Katsina and the Niger Delta, recalling the late President Yar’Adua’s establishment of the Presidential Amnesty Programme for former militants in the region.

Radda also recalled Tinubu’s support for Buhari’s emergence as President in 2015, assuring him that Katsina would reciprocate the support and confidence shown to the state.

“Katsina State is an APC state. Katsina State is a state where President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Insha Allah, will have a landslide victory in Katsina State, God willing, in 2027,” he said.

The governor credited Tinubu’s reforms with creating opportunities for state governments to deliver development.

“The President came with a lot of reforms which enabled the state governors to do a lot of good work for the people of our dear states. So we should remain ever grateful to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he said.

Radda dismissed criticisms of the administration on social media as the activities of “noisemakers,” expressing confidence in Tinubu’s electoral prospects.

“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I want you to be rest assured that Katsina State is your state and we will not let you down. We will support you, our people will support you,” Radda said.

Earlier, the National Coordinator of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, Sunday Asuku, said the organisation was established to mobilise grassroots support for Tinubu’s re-election through door-to-door campaigns nationwide.

Asuku described it as “a grassroots movement to support the President,” stressing that “every door matters and everybody in Katsina matters.”

He urged coordinators across the state’s 34 local government areas to take the campaign to villages and communities, highlighting the administration’s achievements and Tinubu’s longstanding relationship with Katsina.

The Katsina State Coordinator, Alhaji Faisal Kaita, assured the gathering that local government coordinators would work towards the President’s re-election.

The event featured the handover of campaign vehicles and other equipment to the movement’s local government coordinators.

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