The JAGABA/ABBA Students’ Mandate 2027 has launched Campus Ambassadors across 25 tertiary institutions in Kano State, mobilising students ahead of the 2027 general elections in support of President Bola Tinubu and Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
The initiative is designed to create a structured student network across the campuses to engage students, organise discussions and communicate what the group described as the educational achievements of the Tinubu and Abba administrations.
Speaking at the launch, the Convener, Comrade Nafiu Yunusa, said the initiative was aimed at giving Kano students a direct role in the political mobilisation ahead of 2027.
Yunusa said the group’s support for Tinubu and Abba was anchored on what it described as tangible interventions in the education sector.
“We are here today to launch a movement driven by results, not rhetoric.
“The Renewed Hope Agenda of President Tinubu and the visionary leadership of Governor Abba have transformed the educational landscape of our state and nation.
“Our campus ambassadors will take this message of progress to every lecture hall, hostel, and campus in Kano.”
The group cited the Nigerian Education Loan Fund student loan scheme as one of the major education initiatives of the Tinubu administration.
NELFUND reported in August 2026 that more than N322bn had been disbursed through over 1.6 million student loan applications.
The group also highlighted Federal Government investments in technical and vocational education and training, including plans to train youths across various centres.
Other programmes cited included infrastructure projects funded through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, research and innovation grants, an agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities and institutional upgrades.
In Kano, the group pointed to the conversion of the Federal College of Education, Kano, to the Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, Kano, as well as the proposed upgrade of Federal Polytechnic Kabo to a university of technology.
Yunusa said Governor Abba also deserved the students’ support because of his administration’s interventions in the state education sector.
He cited the declaration of a state of emergency in education and the allocation of about 30 to 31 per cent of the state budget to education in recent years.
The convener further listed free education from primary to secondary level, a 50 per cent reduction in tuition fees across state-owned tertiary institutions and payment of NECO and NABTEB examination fees for thousands of students.
He also cited the recruitment and absorption of thousands of teachers, renovation of classrooms across the 44 local government areas and the provision of 80,000 three-seater desks.
According to the group, the interventions were aimed at improving learning conditions and reducing barriers to education.
The group also highlighted the reopening of girls’ boarding schools closed by the previous administration and the provision of buses to convey female students to school.
Yunusa said the revival of foreign postgraduate scholarships had also enabled more than 2,000 Kano students to pursue Master’s and PhD programmes abroad.
The group further cited Kano’s performance in the 2025 NECO examinations as evidence of progress in the state’s education sector.
NECO’s published results showed that Kano recorded the highest number of candidates—68,159—who obtained five credits including English and Mathematics, ahead of Lagos and Oyo. However, an analysis by Premium Times found that Kano’s pass rate was 49.84 per cent, placing it 29th among the 37 regions it assessed.
The Kano State Government has disputed that interpretation, maintaining that the official NECO figures showed Kano leading on several indicators.
At the launch, the newly inaugurated Campus Ambassadors were charged with grassroots mobilisation, voter education and communicating the administrations’ policies and programmes to students.
The group said the ambassadors would serve as a bridge between the political movement and students across the participating institutions.
Yunusa urged the students to take an active interest in the 2027 political process, saying continuity in education policies was important to the future of young people.
“The future of our education depends on continuity.
“We cannot afford to return to a past where education was neglected.
“The JAGABA/ABBA STUDENTS’ MANDATE 2027 is committed to ensuring that the voices of Kano students are heard and their interests protected.”
The launch marks the group’s latest effort to build a campus-based political structure ahead of the 2027 elections, with the organisers targeting students across Kano’s tertiary institutions.
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