Lagos SWAGA unveils launch plans, pledges to boost Tinubu’s 2027 bid
The Lagos State chapter of the South-West Agenda for Asiwaju announced its formal launch during a press briefing at the Nigeria Union of Journalists secretariat in Ikeja on Wednesday.
Scheduled for Friday, 13 November at the Blue Roof, Lagos Television, Agidingbi, the inauguration will officially unveil the movement’s renewed strategy to mobilise grassroots support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election.
Speaking at the briefing, Media Committee Chairman Lanre Odubote revealed plans to build tighter coordination networks across local governments, wards, and individual polling units.
Odubote clarified that the group aims to complement the All Progressives Congress’s existing machinery rather than operate as a parallel political entity.
Reflecting on past outcomes, Hon. Muslim Folami, a former commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy acknowledged the shortcomings of the 2023 polls and vowed to deploy refined voter-engagement tactics across the state’s 7.2 million registered voters.
Addressing public concerns over economic hardship, the leadership defended the administration’s painful fiscal policies, citing petrol subsidy removal and foreign exchange market unification as essential long-term structural reforms.
Turning to food security, the political group expressed confidence that ongoing federal agricultural initiatives will transition Nigeria from subsistence farming to a robust, commercially driven sector by 2027.
Meanwhile, the upcoming ceremony is expected to draw prominent figures, including Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat, APC leaders, traditional rulers, and key grassroots union representatives.
