The Enugu State Unity Forum has launched an aggressive grassroots and door-to-door mobilisation campaign to secure the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah and other All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates in the 2027 general elections.
The campaign was flagged off during an engagement with members of the forum in Enugu East Local Government Area, where the Governor’s Chief of Staff, Barr. Victor Udeh; former Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. Uchenna Ubosi; and other political stakeholders urged members to take the achievements of the APC-led administrations to the grassroots.
The forum’s coordinator, Hon. Emeka Nwatu, said the mobilisation strategy would focus on voter education, political enlightenment and sensitisation of residents on the achievements of the Tinubu and Mbah administrations.
Nwatu explained that the forum would concentrate on rural communities, where members would educate eligible voters on how to cast their ballots correctly and avoid invalidating their votes.
He also urged residents yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to do so ahead of the elections, expressing confidence that the APC would emerge victorious in 2027.
Speaking on behalf of the six Local Government Council Chairmen in Enugu East Senatorial District, the Chairman of Enugu East LGA, Engr. Beloved-Dan Anike, described the APC as an increasingly dominant political force in the state.
Anike likened the party to an ocean capable of producing political heavyweights, saying the convergence of different political interests under the Unity Forum had strengthened its unity and electoral prospects.
He maintained that the APC remained the political platform capable of taking Enugu State and Nigeria in the right direction, urging residents to support the party and vote for its candidates across all levels.
The council chairman also reaffirmed the commitment of the six local government chairmen to the re-election of Tinubu and Mbah.
### Ubosi: Mbah’s Projects Make Campaign Easier
Former Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. Uchenna Ubosi, said Governor Mbah’s performance had made political mobilisation for his re-election considerably easier.
Ubosi pointed to the administration’s delivery on its promises, noting that the volume of projects executed within three years was too extensive to be fully enumerated at a single gathering.
He argued that opposing the governor’s re-election despite the visible development across the state would amount to working against Enugu’s progress.
The former Speaker expressed confidence that the APC would secure victory from the presidential election down to the State House of Assembly.
### Udeh Highlights Mbah’s Achievements, Urges Continuity
In his remarks, the Governor’s Chief of Staff, Barr. Victor Udeh, expressed delight at the large turnout, describing it as evidence of the APC’s growing electoral strength.
Recounting the political developments that culminated in Mbah’s emergence as governor in 2023, Udeh recalled the role played by the Ifemeluma Group and stakeholders from Enugu West Senatorial District in advocating for Enugu East to produce the next governor in the spirit of equity.
He said Mbah distinguished himself during the campaign by becoming the first governorship candidate in a long time to publicly present his manifesto at Godfrey Okoye University.
According to Udeh, the governor has not only fulfilled his campaign promises but exceeded expectations.
He described Mbah’s performance as exceptional, drawing comparisons with the development-oriented leadership of the late Premier of Eastern Nigeria, Dr. Michael Okpara.
Udeh urged residents to reject what he characterised as empty political promises and support candidates with demonstrable records of performance.
Highlighting the administration’s achievements, the Chief of Staff cited the establishment of 268 Smart Green Schools across the state’s electoral wards, providing tuition-free education, free school uniforms and daily meals for pupils.
He also listed the construction of 260 Type-2 Primary Healthcare Centres, payment of inherited gratuity liabilities, extensive road construction and rehabilitation, as well as the proposed 10-kilometre-per-ward road programme, under which communities would determine their priority roads.
Udeh further highlighted ongoing road projects, including the dualisation of the Penoks Road and Abakpa-Nike-Ugwogo-Ekwegbe-Opi-Nsukka Road, alongside interventions in Emene and Trans-Ekulu.
### Udeh Credits Tinubu-Mbah Collaboration for Federal Projects
The Chief of Staff attributed several federal infrastructure projects in Enugu to stronger collaboration between the state and federal governments.
Among the projects he listed were the Enugu-Port Harcourt and Enugu-Onitsha expressways, Ninth Mile-Makurdi Road, Emene flyover, Abakpa Junction flyover and New Artisan twin bridges.
Udeh also disclosed that President Tinubu had approved the commencement of a gas pipeline project from Egbema in Imo State through Abia, Anambra, Enugu and Ebonyi states.
He described the proposed pipeline as a major intervention capable of addressing infrastructure deficits that had constrained industrial development in the South-East.
The Chief of Staff urged residents to support the re-election of Tinubu, Mbah and other APC candidates, stressing that sustained collaboration between both levels of government would accelerate development and deliver more dividends of democracy to the region.
### Enugu East Grassroots Structure Ready, Says Mbaeke
Also speaking, the Secretary of Enugu East Local Government Area, Barr. Uchenna Mbaeke, assured the governor and APC leadership that the grassroots mobilisation machinery was already firmly in place.
Mbaeke, who organised the Enugu Unity Forum meeting in Enugu East Zone, said members had been strategically positioned across electoral wards and polling units to secure victory for the party in 2027.
He maintained that Mbah’s re-election would guarantee further development, consolidate existing achievements and advance the prospects of a better Nigeria.
The Enugu East gathering brought together political stakeholders, community leaders and grassroots mobilisers under a common platform to promote the re-election of Tinubu, Mbah and other APC candidates in the state.
