APC chairman charges PBAT Door-to-Door movement to ‘Knock on Every Door’ as National Executives inaugurated in Abuja
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, on Thursday inaugurated the national executives of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement in Abuja, charging the group to carry the party’s message directly into Nigerian homes as it opens a new phase of grassroots mobilisation ahead of the 2027 general election.
The inauguration, held alongside a public lecture, drew a wide array of dignitaries and was presided over at the State House level by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who watched proceedings live from Italy.
Addressing the newly inaugurated leadership, Yilwatda tied the movement’s task directly to the ballot box. “Every door you knock on will become a vote; every heart you win will become a voice that will echo the Renewed Hope Agenda,” he said.
He gave the leaders a pointed mandate to prioritise personal, on-the-ground contact over broadcast politics. “Your assignment is simple: knock on every door, house to house,” he said. “Elections are not won on TV or on social media. They are won in marketplaces, in villages.”
Looking ahead to the next cycle, the APC chairman framed the contest in stark terms, calling 2027 “a choice between moving forward and moving backwards, between reform and retreat.”
The PBAT Door-to-Door Movement was founded by businessman High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as “Tompolo,” who said the inauguration forms part of efforts to deepen grassroots mobilisation and promote civic participation across the country. Guests were shown a documentary, The Journey So Far for The Door-to-Door Movement, chronicling the group’s grassroots history.
The ceremony attracted senior figures from across government and the traditional institution, including Senate President Godswill Akpabio; Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas; the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi; Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal; Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas; Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang; former Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari; and Asari Dokubo.
Speaking at the event, Akpabio cast the government’s agenda as a test of political will. “Nations do not become great because they avoid difficult decisions; they become great because they confront decisions with wisdom, patience and patriotism,” he said. “Lasting progress is rarely achieved without temporary sacrifice.”
Abbas echoed the theme, defending the administration’s early economic decisions as choices made “for posterity.” “History will remember President Tinubu for his courage. He met a nation at a crossroads. He chose conviction over convenience: fuel subsidy removed, exchange rate unified, a new tax system built from the ground up,” the Speaker said. “The road has demanded sacrifice, and we do not take that sacrifice lightly.”
The movement said its national executives will begin a nationwide campaign of house-to-house engagement immediately, aimed at sustaining support for President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda through the run-up to 2027.
