The City Boy Movement Coordinator for East Africa, Hon. Mark Alphonsus has urged Nigerian youths to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and participate actively in the 2027 general elections.
Declaring his support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
Alphonsus, who is also the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nairobi based Amala Eko International, a Nigerian food and cultural export business, said the Tinubu administration had laid the foundation for what he described as lasting prosperity for the country.
In a statement earlier in the week, he said Nigeria had experienced several economic and political challenges since independence but argued that the current administration had taken difficult decisions aimed at restructuring the economy.
Aphonsus, “If you look at the developmental trajectory of Nigeria since independence, one will deduce that it has been from one lamentation to another.
“But in the last three years, we have had a President who has taken the historic bold steps of decluttering the system, thereby laying the foundation for incremental and sustainable prosperity and growth,” he said.
He pointed at “removal of fuel subsidy, floating of Naira, stabilisation of the economy, introduction of Students Loans, and massive investment in road infrastructures among other reforms” as the justifications for his solicitation
Alphonsus said at the core of the City Boy Movement was the responsibility to mobilise young Nigerians to participate in the electoral process and support Tinubu’s re-election bid.
His appeal comes as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) prepares for the 2027 general elections, with the number of registered voters rising significantly ahead of the polls.
INEC’s register for the 2023 general elections contained 93,469,008 registered voters, including 37,060,399 young people aged between 18 and 34.
The youths accounted for 39.65 per cent of the registered electorate, making them the largest age group in the register. Students also constituted the largest occupational category, with 26,027,481 registered voters.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed earlier this month that the national register had risen to more than 103 million following the completion of the Continuous Voter Registration exercise. The exercise attracted 10,772,421 new registrants across three phases, subject to the commission’s verification process.
The figures highlight the growing importance of voter mobilisation, particularly among young Nigerians, whose participation could influence the outcome of the next general elections.
Alphonsus said his assignment as City Boy Movement Coordinator for East Africa was to mobilise Nigerians in the region and encourage them to participate in the electoral process.
“There are over 17 million Nigerians in the diaspora. About half of that number are eligible to vote. In my jurisdictions, including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia, our goal is to mobilise the over 1,600 registered Nigerian voters back home for the election. There are about 3,400 Nigerians in this region,” he said.
He added that several town hall meetings and high level engagements had been planned to strengthen the movement’s mobilisation efforts.
“I am returning to Nairobi on Monday, October 26, 2026, to implement the several strategic plans on ground to mobilise the great Nigerian people in our jurisdiction,” he said.
Alphonsus described youth participation as a major focus of the movement, saying it was established partly to address the limited involvement of young Nigerians in elections and political leadership.
“Our goal is also to raise an army of innovative, intelligent and patriotic young Nigerians who will be leading the country in the nearest future,” he said.
His comments followed a strategic political mobilisation meeting between President Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and members of the City Boy Movement at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, which he was part of.
Tagged An Evening with the Original City Boy, the gathering was held on Monday, October 19, 2026, at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, with discussions centred on youth mobilisation, support for the Renewed Hope agenda and the political prospects of the ruling All Progressives Congress.
Dignitaries at the event included movement leaders Barr. Seyi Tinubu, Amir Shettima, Ayo Olawande and Hon. Francis Oluwatosin Shoga.
During the meeting, President Tinubu made humorous remarks about his son Seyi’s political role, while participants discussed strategies to mobilise support for the administration ahead of the 2027 elections.