{"id":129156,"date":"2026-08-26T07:02:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T06:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=129156"},"modified":"2026-08-26T07:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T06:02:35","slug":"2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: Matawalle Unveils Grassroots Movement to Mobilise 20m Votes for Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle, has disclosed plans by a grassroots political movement to mobilise more than 20 million Nigerians in support of President Bola Tinubu and other All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates in the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Matawalle disclosed this while speaking to journalists after returning to Abuja on Tuesday, from a two-day official visit to Egypt, where he led a Nigerian delegation to inspect key defence and military manufacturing facilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the proposed\u00a0<strong>\u201cTinubu Again\u201d movement<\/strong>\u00a0as a grassroots mobilisation platform to take the message, policies and programmes of the Tinubu administration directly to Nigerians ahead of the elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the minister, the movement would deploy door-to-door campaigns and other grassroots engagement strategies to mobilise support for President Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and APC candidates contesting governorship, senatorial, House of Representatives and State House of Assembly seats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat that group means is, it&#8217;s a movement of a political party called APC. The leadership of that political party is the President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. We are taking this movement to the grassroots,\u201d Matawalle said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the movement was targeting more than 20 million supporters nationwide, adding that its objective was to ensure victory for APC candidates at both the national and state levels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis movement is ready to mobilise more than 20 million votes to ensure success of all APC candidates, both national and state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Matawalle said the movement would be formally launched soon and subsequently taken to communities across the country to explain the policies and programmes of the Tinubu administration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe have to go down to the people to inform them, to give awareness to people [about] what this present administration is doing, what Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing for the people: his programmes, his visions, missions and his intention to Nigerians,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister described President Tinubu as a leader with good intentions for the country but acknowledged that the administration&#8217;s policies and programmes needed to be communicated more effectively to citizens at the grassroots.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHe has a good intention, but the messengers have to go down to the grassroots to inform the people,\u201d Matawalle said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The disclosure comes amid growing political activities, alignments and mobilisation ahead of the 2027 general elections, as political parties, aspirants and influential political actors intensify efforts to consolidate support for their preferred candidates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Matawalle also expressed confidence that President Tinubu and other APC candidates would emerge victorious in the 2027 elections, including governorship and State House of Assembly contests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI assure you, both the President and others will win the 2027 election by the mightiness of Allah. Therefore, we&#8217;ll work day and night to ensure their success,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister appealed to Nigerians to remain patient with the administration and support President Tinubu for another term.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMy message to Nigerians is to be patient and to vote Bola Ahmed Tinubu because he means very well for Nigerians,\u201d Matawalle added.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lizzy Chirkpi The Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle, has disclosed plans by a grassroots political movement to mobilise more than 20 million Nigerians in support of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2027: Matawalle Unveils Grassroots Movement to Mobilise 20m Votes for Tinubu - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2027: Matawalle Unveils Grassroots Movement to Mobilise 20m Votes for Tinubu - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Lizzy Chirkpi The Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle, has disclosed plans by a grassroots political movement to mobilise more than 20 million Nigerians in support of&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-26T06:02:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PhotoCollage_1787723982980.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2160\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"2027: Matawalle Unveils Grassroots Movement to Mobilise 20m Votes for Tinubu\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-26T06:02:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/\"},\"wordCount\":502,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PhotoCollage_1787723982980.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Exclusive\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/\",\"name\":\"2027: Matawalle Unveils Grassroots Movement to Mobilise 20m Votes for Tinubu - Pointblank News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PhotoCollage_1787723982980.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-26T06:02:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PhotoCollage_1787723982980.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PhotoCollage_1787723982980.png\",\"width\":2160,\"height\":1728},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2027: Matawalle Unveils Grassroots Movement to Mobilise 20m Votes for Tinubu\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\",\"name\":\"Pointblank News\",\"description\":\"Just the news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\",\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Our Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2027: Matawalle Unveils Grassroots Movement to Mobilise 20m Votes for Tinubu - Pointblank News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2027: Matawalle Unveils Grassroots Movement to Mobilise 20m Votes for Tinubu - Pointblank News","og_description":"By Lizzy Chirkpi The Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle, has disclosed plans by a grassroots political movement to mobilise more than 20 million Nigerians in support of&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/","og_site_name":"Pointblank News","article_published_time":"2026-08-26T06:02:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2160,"height":1728,"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PhotoCollage_1787723982980.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Our Reporter","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Our Reporter","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/"},"author":{"name":"Our Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"headline":"2027: Matawalle Unveils Grassroots Movement to Mobilise 20m Votes for Tinubu","datePublished":"2026-08-26T06:02:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/"},"wordCount":502,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PhotoCollage_1787723982980.png","articleSection":["Exclusive"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/","name":"2027: Matawalle Unveils Grassroots Movement to Mobilise 20m Votes for Tinubu - Pointblank News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PhotoCollage_1787723982980.png","datePublished":"2026-08-26T06:02:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PhotoCollage_1787723982980.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PhotoCollage_1787723982980.png","width":2160,"height":1728},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-matawalle-unveils-grassroots-movement-to-mobilise-20m-votes-for-tinubu\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2027: Matawalle Unveils Grassroots Movement to Mobilise 20m Votes for Tinubu"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/","name":"Pointblank News","description":"Just the news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c","name":"Our Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Our Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129159,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129156\/revisions\/129159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}