By: Our Reporter
The Director of Women Mobilisation of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Betta Edu, has said women across the South-East are ready to reciprocate the gestures of Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, by mobilising massively for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.
Edu stated this while speaking with journalists on the sidelines of the First Lady’s Renewed Hope Initiative/ SDG event for women empowerment programme in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
She commended the mother of the nation for taking the women empowerment initiative across the six geopolitical zones, describing the Imo intervention as a strong demonstration of the First Lady’s commitment to improving the lives of women and strengthening families across the region.
According to Edu, the empowerment of 2,500 women in skills in Imo State, alongside the additional N100,000 cash support announced by the First Lady for each beneficiary, was a significant beginning that would be replicated across the South-East.
Edu assured women in the region that the South-East would benefit more from the Renewed Hope administration, urging them to remain united, organised and actively involved in the political process ahead of the 2027 election.
She said the women mobilisation campaign would take the message of President Tinubu’s achievements and programmes directly to the people, including women, across Imo, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu states.
“We are coming back. Once the campaign is fully activated, we will return to the South-East, and we will take the message of hope from the Mother of the Nation to every woman.
“We will go door-to-door, household-to-household, market-to-market, shop-to-shop, village-to-village and community-to-community.
“We will sit with our women, listen to them, explain what the Renewed Hope administration is doing and assure them that the South-East has a place in the Nigeria we are building,” Edu said.
She said women in the South-East had demonstrated resilience and remained critical stakeholders in Nigeria’s economic and political development.
Edu urged the women to see the First Lady’s empowerment initiative not simply as an intervention for selected beneficiaries, but as part of a broader commitment to women’s economic inclusion.
“Today, it is Imo State. She is starting from here, but we are not stopping here. The message is clear: the women of the South-East are an integral part of this journey, and they will benefit more as we move forward.
“We want every woman, from the market woman to the petty trader, from the young entrepreneur to the mother in the village, to know that she matters and that this administration is paying attention to her,” she added.
She expressed confidence in the work done by Governor Hope Uzodinma which has given Imo a completely new look. The Road infrastructure, the human capital investment and the social interventions that have reached the grassroots. She commended the security situations that have greatly improved and believes that the women would reciprocate the gesture through their support and mobilisation for President Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.
“Women remember those who stand with them. Our women will reciprocate this gesture through their votes and mobilisation for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027,” Edu said.
