NIGERIA: Kogi Youths Donate ₦100 Million Cheque To APC National Chairman For Tinubu’s 2027 Nomination Forms

By Onoja Baba, Nigeria 

Youths from Kogi State on Monday presented a cheque of ₦100 million to the All Progressives Congress to cover the cost of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s expression of interest and nomination forms for the 2027 presidential election.

The presentation took place in Abuja where the APC National Chairman, Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, received the cheque.

The donation was made by the youths as a formal endorsement of Tinubu for a second term describing it as a deliberate collective decision based on their assessment of his leadership.

Governor Ododo described the endorsement as neither emotional nor symbolic but rooted in observable improvements in key economic indicators including stabilisation of the naira increased food availability and better fuel affordability.

He highlighted that no previous administration had prioritised youth empowerment to the extent seen under President Tinubu citing interventions in agriculture education and the economy. Ododo praised the First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu for her compassion through the Renewed Hope Initiative and stressed that the ₦100 million contribution was a youth mandate driven by recognition of good governance rather than ethnic considerations. He urged young people across the state to remain united emphasising that Kogi belongs to all regardless of ethnic or political d

ifferences.