The Presidential Campaign Council Women Mobilisation Directorate of the All Progressives Congress, led by Dr Betta Edu, has intensified grassroots engagement in Jigawa State through market visits, hospital outreaches and a women-focused empowerment programme ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The exercise, conducted under the leadership of First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu, focused on connecting women in the state with livelihood opportunities while engaging community leaders, traders and other grassroots stakeholders.

Edu, speaking during the outreach, said the programme was intended to ensure that women at the grassroots had access to the First Lady’s empowerment initiatives and remained active participants in national development.

She said the delegation would continue to engage women in their places of work and communities while identifying their concerns and connecting them with available opportunities.

At markets visited by the team, women traders were engaged on economic empowerment, livelihood support and their role in community and national development.

The delegation also visited hospitals, where it interacted with patients, encouraged them and commended healthcare workers for their service.

The programme later brought together women beneficiaries and grassroots stakeholders for an empowerment session. Some participants expressed support for President Bola Tinubu, the Jigawa State Government and other APC candidates ahead of the 2027 elections.

The wife of the Jigawa State Governor, Ambassador Hajiya Namadi, commended the initiative, describing the outreach as an effort to bring government and political leadership closer to women and communities.

She urged greater participation of women in community development and governance, noting that their contributions were important to strengthening families and communities.

The Women Mobilisation Directorate also engaged women leaders, traders, community organisations and other stakeholders while activating mobilisation structures across Jigawa’s 27 local government areas.

Figures presented during the exercise put the state’s provisional combined voter register at 2,867,176 registered and newly captured voters across 287 wards and 4,522 polling units.

The mobilisation campaign is expected to continue as the APC works towards its stated target of securing two million votes for President Tinubu in Jigawa State in the 2027 presidential election.