Michael Odetunde
The All Progressives Congress, APC in Kwara State has announced its governorship campaign directors-general for the three senatorial districts, signalling a decentralised campaign structure aimed at strengthening grassroots mobilisation and community engagement.
The appointments were announced in a statement issued on Monday, October 26, by the Kwara APC State Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Abdulwaheed Olawale Babatunde.
According to the statement, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Yisa, a prominent political figure, has been appointed Director-General for Kwara North, with Alhaji Ahmed Abbass named as his deputy.
For Kwara South, the party appointed Engr. Nurudeen Adeyemi, ENACT, a former member of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund Board of Trustees representing the North Central zone and an APC senatorial aspirant, as Director-General.
He will be deputised by Chief Samuel Olu Alabi, the Oluomo of Erin Ile Kingdom and a figure in the hospitality sector.
In Kwara Central, Alhaji AbdulRazaq Jiddah, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Special Duties, has been named Director-General, with Mrs Dupe Yahaya, a grassroots politician from Asa Local Government Area, appointed as his deputy.
The appointments are expected to strengthen the party’s campaign coordination across the three senatorial districts, with an emphasis on local engagement and grassroots participation.
The party added that the remaining directorates and members of the campaign council would be announced in due course.
