A former Osun State Commissioner for Information, Sunday Akere, has said the state would work towards giving President Bola Tinubu about one million votes in the 2027 general elections.
Akere, currently the Osun State Ambassador of Renewed Hope, a policy framework of President Tinubu for national transformation, spoke in Osogbo on Tuesday during the inauguration of Local Government Ambassadors for the initiative.
Speaking further at the event, which was attended by the South West Zonal Ambassador for Renewed Hope, Senator Dayo Adeyeye; Chief of Staff to the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Tayo Ayinde; and the APC candidate for the Osun Governorship election, Bola Oyebamiji, Akere said that out of almost two million registered voters in the state, the APC would target one million votes for Tinubu.
He said, “We are not looking at anything less than a million votes for the President here in Osun because at least we have almost two million registered voters in the state, and it is very sad that when we do elections, we always have less than 500,000 people voting.
“That is why we want them (LG Ambassadors) to go to the grassroots and mobilise the people, do the outreach and engage the people so that the President will have a minimum of a million votes in Osun.
“Their first mandate is that by the 8th of August, 2026, they must deliver our governorship candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO),” Akere added.
Highlighting further duties of the Renewed Hope LG Ambassadors, Akere explained that they are to carry out other mandates including political mobilisation, outreach, and engagement.
“They must sensitise the party and let everybody know, whether they are members or not, the achievements of President Tinubu’s administration,” he said.
Addressing the gathering, Osun APC governorship candidate Bola Oyebamiji challenged the ambassadors to work hard for the victory of the party in both the 2026 gubernatorial election and the 2027 presidential poll.
Oyebamiji also urged residents to participate in the ongoing registration of new voters and called on APC members to partake in the party’s membership registration.
The South West Ambassador of Renewed Hope, Senator Adeyeye, demanded commitment from the Osun LG Ambassadors and emphasised the need for all APC members to continue sensitising the public on various federal government initiatives aimed at improving living standards for Nigerians.
The PUNCH reported on November 25, 2025, that President Tinubu appointed Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma as a Renewed Hope Ambassador.
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement signed on Tuesday titled, ‘President Tinubu Appoints Governor Uzodimma As Renewed Hope Ambassador.’
Under the new role, Onanuga said, Uzodimma would also serve as Director-General for party outreach, engagement, and mobilisation, effectively becoming the chief political salesman for the Tinubu administration’s agenda across the country.
