The founder and convener of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has launched the initiative in Katsina State as part of efforts to mobilise grassroots support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
The launch, according to a statement personally signed by Tompolo on Monday, began with the inauguration of 34 local government coordinators and the presentation of campaign vehicles to them at the People’s Square in Katsina.
Tompolo, who was represented at the event by Kestin Pondi, said the movement was established to deepen grassroots engagement and promote support for the Tinubu administration.
He described the relationship between Tinubu and the people of Katsina as one built on trust, confidence and inclusion, urging members of the movement to take the administration’s message directly to residents across the state.
“The relationship between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Katsina State is built on trust, confidence and inclusion. We are here to strengthen that relationship and take the message of the administration to the grassroots,” he said.
Tompolo urged members to embark on door-to-door mobilisation across wards, communities, markets and households.
“Our responsibility is to go from door to door, from ward to ward and from community to community, engaging the people and explaining the programmes and achievements of President Tinubu’s administration,” he added.
As part of the launch, 34 campaign vehicles were distributed to the newly inaugurated coordinators representing the state’s 34 local government areas.
Speaking at the event, Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, assured President Tinubu of the state’s support for his re-election bid in 2027.
Radda described Katsina as a stronghold of the All Progressives Congress, noting that the party had an established political structure across the state.
“Katsina State is an APC state. Every elected person in Katsina State is a member of the All Progressives Congress, and I want to assure you that Katsina State has a special attachment to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” the governor said.
He said the relationship between Tinubu and Katsina could be traced to the President’s longstanding ties with prominent political leaders in northern Nigeria.
Radda also recalled Tinubu’s role in the political process that led to the emergence of the late President Muhammadu Buhari as the APC’s presidential candidate and his subsequent victory in the 2015 presidential election.
The governor commended Tompolo for choosing Katsina as the first state in northern Nigeria to host the launch of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement.
According to him, the choice was significant given the historical relationship between northern Nigeria and the Niger Delta, particularly in promoting peace and national development.
Radda cited the Presidential Amnesty Programme, established under the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, as an example of cooperation between the two regions.
He said such initiatives underscored the importance of building bridges across Nigeria’s geopolitical zones and promoting national unity.
Also speaking, the Katsina State coordinator of the Renewed Hope movement and former Deputy Governor, Tukur Jikamshi, said Katsina had historically played an important role in Nigeria’s political development.
Jikamshi said the APC remained united across the state’s 361 wards and 34 local government areas, adding that the existing political structure would be deployed to strengthen grassroots mobilisation ahead of the 2027 elections.
He assured the organisers that members of the movement would intensify engagements with residents across communities in support of the Tinubu administration.
