Tinubu Gives Betta Edu, APC Women Marching Orders to Secure Women’s Votes for 2027
President Bola Tinubu has charged Dr Betta Edu, Director of Women Mobilisation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, members of the Women’s Directorate, the party’s women leaders and…
Women's votes have long been seen as pivotal in Nigerian elections, with women's groups and party auxiliary wings like the APC Women's Directorate traditionally deployed for grassroots mobilisation, market-women engagement and get-out-the-vote drives. Betta Edu, a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs who was suspended in early 2024 amid allegations of financial impropriety at the ministry, has since taken up a role within the APC's campaign structure, making this fresh assignment from President Tinubu notable given that background.
With the 2027 general election still some distance away, the directive signals an early start to the ruling party's campaign machinery and underscores the premium Tinubu's camp is placing on female voter turnout. Coverage across outlets agrees on the core elements — Tinubu charging Edu and the Women's Directorate to secure women's votes — but details on specific strategies, timelines, funding or targets for the mobilisation effort have not yet been reported.