Enyinna Omoke, Abakaliki
Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has inaugurated the state’s Divine Mandate Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 general elections, charging members to intensify grassroots mobilisation and secure victory for all candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Nwifuru inaugurated the council on Saturday, November 7, 2026, with a call on members to take the achievements of his administration directly to the people across the state.
He said his administration was committed to consolidating on its existing achievements rather than starting afresh, stressing the need for continuity in governance.
The governor said the campaign would be anchored on President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda and his administration’s People’s Charter of Needs, which focuses on infrastructure development, education, healthcare, youth empowerment, agriculture, industrial growth and workers’ welfare.
As chairman of the council, Nwifuru will be supported by an advisory committee comprising former Governor and Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi; former Senate President, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim; and former Governor Martin Elechi.
Ambassador Franklin Nchita Ogbuewu was appointed Director-General of the campaign council, which has various directorates responsible for finance, communication, youth and students’ mobilisation, security, and other areas.
The campaign structure will extend to local government areas, electoral wards and polling units to strengthen the party’s grassroots presence.
Nwifuru urged members to engage directly with traditional rulers, women, youths, students, traders, farmers, artisans and persons with disabilities, noting that the campaign should go beyond political rallies to reach communities, markets, schools, farms and places of worship.
The inauguration follows a stakeholders’ political summit in Abakaliki, where party leaders reaffirmed their support for the existing zoning arrangement, under which Ebonyi North Senatorial District is expected to complete its eight-year governorship cycle.
Earlier, the State Chairman of the APC, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha, urged members of the campaign council to remain committed, united and dedicated to the party’s collective objective.
He maintained that equity and fairness supported continuity, calling on party faithful to remain focused ahead of the 2027 elections.
