By Chesa Chesa
The Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, says the council will continue consultations with traditional rulers across the country until January 16, 2027, as part of efforts ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Yari disclosed this while addressing journalists after the inaugural meeting of the council’s directorates at the Presidential Campaign Office in the Central Business District, Abuja.
He said the next stop on the council’s royal consultation tour would be Katsina on October 24, 2026, adding that the visits were aimed at seeking the blessings and prayers of traditional rulers and explaining the campaign’s objectives to them.
“We are still on with traditional rulers. As I said, we are visiting the royal fathers because we seek their blessings. We need their prayers,” Yari said.
He described traditional rulers as authorities closest to the grassroots, stressing the importance of engaging them on the campaign’s plans and direction.
“Being the authority closest to the masses of the country, we need to go and explain to them where we are and where we want to go,” he added.
Yari expressed confidence that the consultations would continue across the country until January 16, 2027, when the exercise is scheduled to end.
“At the end, by God’s grace, you know the result,” he said.
On the activities of the campaign council, the APC chieftain said the inaugural meeting was brief but focused on assigning responsibilities to the various directorates and directing them to develop their work plans.
He said the directorates had been tasked with outlining how best to execute their respective responsibilities in support of the council’s mandate.
Yari reminded members that their appointments came with a responsibility to justify the confidence President Bola Tinubu had placed in them.
“We are all here on trust. Each and every person who sits down under this roof is a trustee of the President. The President trusted us and gave us this responsibility. We must carry it out well and very, very well,” he said.
