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Northern Elite Declare Support For Tinubu’s Re-Election, Launch Movement

The movement says it will mobilise voters across the North and counter claims that Tinubu’s administration has neglected the region.

  • On Monday, Northern political leaders met Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa to launch 'Arewa for Asiwaju' , a movement supporting President Bola Tinubu's 2027 re-election across Nigeria's northern region.
  • Former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau, chairing the group's Board of Trustees, stated the movement aims to mobilize grassroots voters and counter claims that the Federal Government has neglected the North.
  • Citing the Bank of Agriculture's disbursement of N450 billion to 700,000 smallholder farmers, Vice President Shettima urged the group to galvanize support, noting about 70 percent of beneficiaries reside in the North.
  • The A4A delegation plans to engage religious leaders and grassroots stakeholders to consolidate strategy, as Chairman Ibrahim Shekarau invited the Vice President to commission the organization's new office complex on Saturday, October 17, 2027.
  • As the 2027 presidential election approaches within three months, Shettima framed the administration's second-term agenda as a "secure, bulletproof guarantee for the region's future prosperity and stability." The movement aims to secure Northern votes ahead of polling.
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Channels Television broke the news on Monday, October 12, 2026.
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