The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.), has rallied support for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu and Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Musa spoke in Kaduna while meeting local government coordinators of GCG Musawah 4 PBAT 2027, a political mobilisation group supporting the Tinubu and Uba Sani administrations.
A statement signed by the group’s Secretary, James Swam, said the meeting brought together the movement’s leadership, coordinators from the 23 local government areas in Kaduna State and representatives of more than 300 affiliated support and interest groups.
Addressing the gathering, Musa urged members to remain committed to mobilising support for Tinubu’s re-election.
He said Nigerians must work together to build a stronger and more prosperous country.
“I will continue to work hard for Nigeria to succeed,” the minister said.
He added, “We should remain determined to build this country because together we are stronger as a nation.”
Musa also called for religious tolerance, national unity and peaceful coexistence, recalling his childhood in Sokoto, where he said he grew up among people of different religious backgrounds.
“I grew up in Sokoto, there is no way I can object to any religion,” he said.
He recalled participating in Sallah celebrations with his Muslim friends as a child.
“I remember that during Sallah, as children, we were the ones who would hold the ram to be slaughtered,” Musa said.
The minister said Nigeria had abundant human and material resources capable of transforming the country if citizens remained united and committed to national development.
“God put us in Nigeria to build this country, and we have the capacity to do it, both in human and material resources,” he said.
He urged Nigerians, particularly members of the movement, to see nation-building as a collective responsibility, saying development required unity, determination and commitment to the national interest.
The meeting also strengthened the mobilisation activities of GCG Musawah 4 PBAT 2027, which has structures across the 23 local government areas of Kaduna State.
The National Coordinator of the movement, Ambassador Polycarp Gankon, a former 2019 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Kaduna State, thanked Musa for engaging directly with the group’s grassroots coordinators and affiliated organisations.
Gankon described the minister’s interaction with the coordinators as a boost to the group’s mobilisation efforts across the state.
