2027: APC restricts ministers to campaign rallies in home states

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has implemented a new directive to restrict ministers, political appointees, and members of the campaign council to attending only rallies held in their respective home states. This restriction, outlined in a circular signed by the council's Director-General, Senator Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar, aims to provide clear guidelines for participation in the party's presidential campaign rallies.

The circular emphasizes that these rallies are crucial platforms for mobilizing support for the party and communicating the President's achievements to voters. Participation should be organized in a manner that advances the objectives of energizing the base of the APC and communicating the President's achievements. Directors and heads of directorates are instructed to concentrate on their assigned duties, remaining focused on implementing their approved Work Plans and Budgets.

Members of the Presidential Campaign Council and the APC National Working Committee are directed to concentrate on implementing their Directorate's approved Work Plans and grassroots mobilization across polling units, wards, and Local Government Areas (LGAs). The APC also plans to give greater prominence to its legislative candidates during the rallies, ensuring that party officials are informed of these guidelines.

The circular was issued three weeks after President Bola Tinubu announced that he would not attend every APC campaign rally, citing the demands of governance and the country's financial obligations.