The Kaduna State Government has distributed campaign vehicles to the All Progressives Congress, APC, local government chairmen in the eight local government areas of Zone One as part of efforts to strengthen the party’s grassroots mobilisation ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The vehicles were presented by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Sadiq Mamman Lagos, on behalf of the state government in his campaign office in Kaduna, where he said the initiative is aimed at improving the mobility of party officials and enhancing political engagement across communities, wards and polling units.
Speaking during the presentation, Mamman Lagos said the exercise was part of a wider programme to strengthen the party’s structures across the state, noting that similar distributions had already taken place in Zones Two and Three.
He charged the beneficiaries to utilise the vehicles effectively to mobilise support for the APC and its candidates, stressing the need for sustained engagement with voters ahead of the elections.
“We have done Zones Two and Three, and now we are doing Zone One. We are distributing these vehicles to you because we want you to deliver Zone One to us,” he said.
The commissioner, however, urged party members to conduct issue-based and peaceful campaigns, emphasising the importance of political awareness, voter education and public enlightenment.
He said the beneficiaries should use the vehicles to visit communities, explain the programmes and achievements of the APC-led governments and convince residents to support the party through constructive engagement.
“This is not just a campaign; it is a strategic one to be carried out through awareness and education. We want you to go around and sell our candidates, explain their programmes and tell people why they should vote for the APC,” he added.
Mamman Lagos urged the party faithful to highlight ongoing infrastructure and development projects by the federal and state governments, citing the Abuja expressway and the Mando-Birnin Gwari road as examples of projects demonstrating the administration’s commitment to development.
In his remarks, former Kaduna State Governor and APC senatorial candidate for Kaduna North, Dr Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, described the distribution as a welcome development that would strengthen the party’s grassroots structures.
Yero said political parties required adequate logistical support to enable their members to reach communities and canvass support for candidates during elections.
“Without the party, there is no way you can even contest. You cannot be a president or a governor or whatever. So the party needs to be looked into and taken care of by giving them vehicles so that they can go around and seek support for the party and all the candidates,” he said.
He urged party members to remain loyal to the party’s leadership and work collectively towards strengthening its structures ahead of the 2027 elections.
Also speaking, one of the beneficiaries, the party chairman of Lere local government Jonathan Shekarou, thanked Governor Uba Sani and the commissioner for the gesture, saying the vehicles would enhance the ability of party officials to reach communities and polling units.
Shekarou assured that the beneficiaries would use the vehicles to promote peaceful campaigns and communicate the party’s programmes to residents.
The distribution forms part of the APC’s broader efforts to consolidate its grassroots structures and intensify mobilisation across Kaduna State ahead of the 2027 general elections.