Ahead of the 2027 election, supporters of President Bola Tinubu have taken his re-election bid to the diaspora.
The supporters, underneath the aegis of the Lagos Grassroots Alliance, LGA, have launched a diaspora chapter in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, UK.
According to the group, the transfer is a part of efforts to mobilise assist for Tinubu’s re-election bid within the 2027 election.
Speaking on the occasion, Owolabi Falana emphasised the significance of figuring out crucial stakeholders, understanding electoral traits and strengthening grassroots political engagement in the direction of making certain Tinubu’s victory on the polls.
Falana reviewed electoral developments in Lagos throughout successive election cycles since 2003 and in addition examined shifts within the efficiency of the All Progressives Congress, APC. He highlighted classes the traits supply for future political organisation.
Falana additionally highlighted the significance of strategic planning, efficient coordination, stakeholder relations and sustained neighborhood engagement, stressing “the need to understand local dynamics and translate strategic analysis into practical grassroots activities”.
Chairman of the APC, UK chapter, Babatunde Doherty, inaugurated the diaspora executives on the occasion.
The occasion introduced collectively political leaders, social gathering stakeholders, marketing campaign representatives and members of the Nigerian neighborhood within the diaspora.
The newly inaugurated executives embrace Adedamola Rotimi Oladini-Cole, diaspora coordinator; Sunkanmi Onafowokan, deputy diaspora coordinator; Olarewaju Toheeb Lawal, UK coordinator; Oluwaseyi Jonathan Arewa, diaspora secretary; Omolola Atilola Okuyiga, publicity secretary and spokesperson; and Olanrewaju Lukman Akanbi, diaspora expertise, infrastructure and safety lead.
The supporters backed Tinubu’s second-term bid, in addition to Lagos APC candidate, Obafemi Hamzat’s governorship bid.
The Tinubu supporters, in the identical vein, expressed hope that Nigerians within the diaspora would ultimately find a way to vote in Nigerian elections from their nations of residence.
They described voting as an aspiration for democratic participation.
