A pro-President Bola Tinubu group, Relax Tinubu Is Fixing Nigeria, has unveiled plans to extend its mobilisation campaign to the 774 local government areas of Nigeria. This move aims to build grassroots support for the President's 2027 re-election bid. The group's Edo State Coordinator, Idiake Patrick, announced the plan at a press briefing in Benin City.
According to Patrick, the organisation will intensify efforts to take the Tinubu administration's policies, programmes, and achievements directly to Nigerians, particularly at the grassroots. He noted that many of the administration's initiatives had not received sufficient publicity or reached wider public awareness, making direct engagement with communities necessary.
The group intends to highlight areas such as infrastructure development, student financing, tax reforms, and increased revenue allocations to states and local governments during its mobilisation. Patrick also commended the administration's removal of fuel subsidy and the redirection of increased revenues to the different tiers of government.
The group will complement the activities of other pro-Tinubu support organisations, including City Boy Movement and Renew Hope. Patrick described building genuine grassroots support for the President as the group's primary objective.
Edo State Women Coordinator of the group, Marie Olabisi Idaomi, said women, farmers, and other grassroots stakeholders would form a major part of the mobilisation drive. Idaomi identified the student loan programme as one of the administration's initiatives the group would take to communities, arguing that mothers would be encouraged by opportunities created for their children.
Idaomi highlighted the participation of farmers in the organisation, saying they were among those who could benefit from policies of the administration. She also drew attention to local government autonomy, describing it as an opportunity for citizens to hold council chairmen and councillors accountable for development at the grassroots.
Relax was established with the objective of taking its message directly to communities across Nigeria's 774 local government areas. Idaomi praised the administration's economic and financial reforms, arguing that Tinubu's background in accounting, finance, and revenue administration had influenced his approach to managing the country's finances.
Key points
- The group aims to build grassroots support for President Tinubu's 2027 re-election bid.
- The mobilisation campaign will focus on highlighting the administration's policies, programmes, and achievements.
- Women, farmers, and other grassroots stakeholders will form a major part of the mobilisation drive.
