November 1 LG elections: Niger Gov Bago flags off APC campaign

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Niger State has flagged off its campaign for the forthcoming local government council elections scheduled for November 1, 2025.

Flagging off the campaign in Minna, the state governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, reiterated the commitment of his administration, at both state and local levels, to improving the lives of citizens.

Bago called on the people of the state to vote massively for APC in all 25 chairmanship and 274 councillorship positions.

While praying for peaceful and successful elections, he charged APC stakeholders and supporters across the state to work diligently to ensure a resounding victory for the party.

The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, who also serves as the Director-General of the APC State Campaign Council for the council elections, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, described the forthcoming polls as a litmus test of the party’s integrity, capacity, and popularity, expressing confidence that all APC candidates would emerge victorious.

The APC National Vice Chairman (North Central), Mu’azu Bawa Rijau, who represented the National Chairman of the party, stated that APC had recorded numerous achievements nationwide, reflecting the party’s change mantra. He therefore urged the electorate to vote for the party in the council elections.

The Niger State APC Chairman, Alhaji Aminu Musa Bobi, affirmed that the party would abide by all laid-down electoral guidelines and accept the outcome of the elections, while encouraging party faithful and the general public to come out en masse to vote for APC candidates.

Also speaking, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, urged residents of the state to reciprocate the efforts of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Bago by voting for APC candidates to sustain the delivery of democratic dividends.