First Lady Oluremi Tinubu Leads 20,000 Women at Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre Abuja to Launch Massive Mobilization for Tinubu Re-election

Women leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) stormed Abuja yesterday, Monday, October 5, 2026, as the ruling party officially kicked off its women mobilization drive for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's 2027 re-election bid.

The historic gathering, tagged Women Stakeholders Mobilisation and Empowerment Pre-Inaugural Campaign Roll-Out 2027, was held at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre (BATICC) in Abuja and drew over 20,000 women stakeholders from the 36 states and the FCT.

The event was convened by Nigeria's First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON, and organized by the Women Mobilisation Directorate of the 2027 APC Presidential Campaign Council.

The summit was held under the theme “Renewed Hope Agenda 2.0: From Reforms to Prosperity” with the central mobilization chant: “One Voice, One Movement, One Choice, One Mandate 2027.”

According to organizers, the goal is to strengthen women’s participation in politics and collapse all existing women support groups into one united APC structure.

In her keynote address, Senator Oluremi Tinubu charged APC women to return to their states and take the Renewed Hope message to the grassroots. We have collapsed every other women support groups under one shield and the essence of collapsing all support groups is to result into one vote for the APC. According to the First Lady, What you will see on the ballot box is APC and not APC fractional group. 

She announced that the newly inaugurated APC Presidential Women Campaign Council will coordinate campaigns from the Presidency to governorship, National Assembly and State Assembly seats. The campaign will feature six zonal mega rallies, state rallies and a grand finale in Abuja.

She also defended the administration's reforms, noting that they were yielding results including stabilisation of the economy, declining inflation, growing foreign reserves and support for farmers, while highlighting NELFUND for students.

The Director of the Women Mobilisation Directorate, Dr. Betta Edu, said the directorate is targeting 40 million votes from women for President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima in 2027. Some reports ahead of the event put the target at 50 million women mobilized.

Dr Edu revealed that the directorate already has a grassroots structure covering 176,846 communities nationwide and has been running door-to-door mobilisation alongside the Abuja summit.

A member of the planning committee, Hon. Princess Gloria Akobundu, PhD, said the re-election would consolidate programs like NELFUND, infrastructure development, cash transfers, consumer credit (CREDICORP), digital skills and youth empowerment.

The First Lady was accompanied by the wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima, Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council Senator Abdulaziz Yari, Imo State Governor Senator Hope Uzodimma, former APC National Chairman Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, and other party leaders.

A major highlight was the empowerment of women beneficiaries. The First Lady personally presented items including a motorbike to one beneficiary. The event also featured endorsements of President Tinubu's 2027 bid by several women groups. e9f3b92c328e

With women constituting a huge voting bloc, the APC is making an early move to lock down grassroots support. The collapse of all women support groups into one council signals a more centralized and coordinated campaign ahead of INEC's lifting of the ban on campaigns.

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