Babatunde Fashola Hosts South-West Stakeholders For Tinubu's Election (Pictures)

<blockquote><b>Fashola urges grassroots mobilisation ahead of 2027 polls</b><br><br><br><i>By Olasunkanmi Akoni<br>November 3, 2026</i><br><br>Former Lagos State Governor and Minister of Works, <b>Babatunde Fashola, has urged All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in the South-West to strengthen grassroots mobilisation and engage stakeholders across party lines to secure victory in the 2027 general elections.</b><br><br>Fashola made the call on Tuesday at a <b>strategic meeting of South-West political stakeholders held in Ikeja, Lagos.</b><br><br>The meeting was attended by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, APC State Chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, and other party leaders and zonal coordinators.<br><br><b>Fashola outlined a strategy for unifying party structures and increasing voter turnout ahead of the elections</b>.<br><br>He urged participants from the six states in the zone to establish structured stakeholder engagement forums at three levels: state, local government and ward.<br><br>Emphasising the need for inclusive engagement, he said stakeholders should not be limited to APC members but should include individuals and groups capable of influencing electoral outcomes across party lines.<br><br>“A stakeholder is anyone who can impact election outcomes, spanning party lines, opposing caucuses, artisans and union members,” he said.<br><br>Fashola, who is working with former Ondo State Governor Segun Mimiko, former Ekiti State Governor Segun Oni and Secretary Senator Fatai Buhari on the Presidential Campaign Council’s South-West strategy, said he would visit each state after the initial engagement forums had been established.<br><br>He said the visits would provide opportunities to address local political concerns, respect the peculiarities of each state and escalate issues requiring national intervention.<br><br>Describing politics as local, Fashola urged party leaders to reach out to newly registered voters and re-engage those who had become apathetic towards the electoral process.<br><br>He also called on them to recognise the significance of the country’s North-South political rotation and take advantage of the prevailing political moment to strengthen the party’s electoral prospects.<br><br>The meeting later went into a closed-door session, with a communiqué expected at the end of the deliberations for release to the media.</blockquote><a rel=ugc href="https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/11/fashola-urges-grassroots-mobilisation-ahead-of-2027-polls/">https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/11/fashola-urges-grassroots-mobilisation-ahead-of-2027-polls/</a>