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2027: APC Votes Dropping -Former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola questions APC reward system
Former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has questioned the All Progressives Congress, APC, reward system.
Fashola raised the question while identifying a drop in the number of votes accrued by the APC.
To this end, he wondered if APC’s policies still resonates with its traditional base.
He spoke during the APC’s Stakeholders Forum which endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term yesterday in Lagos.
The former governor of Lagos State wondered if the party has a well documented register for members can can be engaged which could help stimulate votes.
According to Fashola: “Our closest opposition back then used to have about one third of the total votes that we got. That was what it used to look like.
“And so what has happened? Why have the votes dropped? And I think that is the heart of the matter. There are a lot of numbers here, but I don’t want to go into interrogating all of those numbers.
“Where are our traditional voters? Are they still with us? Are they turning out for us? And why are they not turning out enough?
“This is a time for honest answers and for honest questions, and I hope those questions will be asked, as I said, after this meeting by people who are resolved to ensure that we turn out voters for the next election.
“Some of the questions to ask are, whether our policies and programs are still resonating with our traditional base.
“What is our own party reward system like? How do we even network with ourselves?
“I have asked questions such as, if we wanted to undertake a particular program that involved a certain set of tradesmen or tradeswomen, do we have a register that we can consult to say who are the party members who will be interested in this?
“Those are questions that I think this conference provokes us to ask because political party participation is based on enthusiasm.
“If people are enthusiastic, they will turn out and they will vote. But hope is not lost because we are in a season of renewed hope and therefore we will turn our renewed hope into renewed enthusiasm for our party and for our programs.
“Of course, some of the speakers before me have alluded to the growing demography of young people.”
The former minister also wondered why the children of APC leaders are not involved in the party’s affair.
“Now, how many of our children are involved in what we are doing? How many of our children come to our rallies and our campaigns?
“If it is important to us, we must make it important to them and we must find a way to connect them to it. Because really and truly, who would we be handing it over to if not to them?
“And a good place to start is to ask ourselves, in APC-controlled states and state institutions, educational institutions, where are the APC youth wings? How are we connecting and getting people? Because APC can be like any other club in a university that you can join.
“And so these, for me, I think are the questions that we need to ask and we need to answer very, very honestly,” he said.2027: Our votes dropping – Fashola questions APC reward system
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Breaking: Nigerian Workers Demand N300,000 Minimum Wage, FG Faces Fresh Salary Pressure
The Federal Workers Forum, FWF, has demanded an immediate increase in the federal minimum wage from N70,000 to N300,000, noting that the current salary structure can no longer sustain civil servants amid Nigeria’s rising cost of living.
The Forum made the demand in a letter dated September 2, 2026, addressed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Assembly, with the Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Justice of Nigeria and Head of the Civil Service of the Federation listed among the recipients.
The workers also proposed a new salary structure that would place the highest-paid Level 17 officer on a monthly salary of N1.5 million, while Level 1 Step 1 workers would earn N300,000.
“We call for justice and immediate wage review now, adjust the federal minimum wage to N300,000 and a maximum wage of N1.5m for the Level 17 officers,” the Forum said.
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The FWF argued that the Federal Government had not fully implemented the 2024 minimum wage agreement, claiming that federal workers had yet to receive the full consequential adjustment and associated allowances.
“It will surprise you to hear that the Federal Government has not fully implemented the new national minimum wage since July 2024. We have been in the battle for full consequential adjustment of the new minimum wage,” it said.
Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in August 2026, demanded an upward review of the minimum wage to N500,000.
In July 2024, President Bola Tinubu’s government increased the minimum wage to N70,000 per month from N30,000.
However, the cost of living for many Nigerians has tripled between 2024 and 2026.
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The Federal Government has said Nigeria will never support a military coup or any unconstitutional change of government, following claims that the country backed a failed coup attempt in the Niger Republic.
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sola Enikanolaiye, made this known in a statement issued on Thursday.
According to the statement, the claims circulating on social media are baseless and misleading.
Enikanolaiye said Nigeria remained committed to democracy, constitutional rule and political stability in West Africa and would not support any attempt to remove a government through unconstitutional means.
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“Nigeria will never support illegality or unconstitutional change of government anywhere, no matter who is involved or which country is concerned,” he said.
The minister also rejected claims that Nigeria, through its membership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), supported or endorsed the military takeover in Niger.
He said the Federal Government had already stated its position on the situation in Niger in an earlier statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 30, 2026.
According to him, Nigeria remains deeply concerned about developments in Niger and wants the country to return peacefully to stability and constitutional order.
Enikanolaiye said Nigeria’s close historical, cultural and fraternal ties with Niger made peace and stability in the neighbouring country particularly important.
“Nigerians at home and abroad should disregard the videos and narratives circulating online, they are intended to create confusion and tarnish Nigeria’s image,” the statement said.
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