KOK Mandate Deploys 372 Polling Ambassadors In Ejigbo For Tinubu, Hamzat
By Sherif Salau
The Independent Campaign Group of the KOK Mandate movement on Sunday mobilised 372 Polling Booth Ambassadors across 186 polling units in Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, launching a targeted voter-engagement drive in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Lagos All Progressives Congress governorship candidate Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat.
Each ambassador received a N10,000 mobilisation grant. Group leader and former Ejigbo LCDA chairman Hon. Kehinde Bamigbetan charged them to use the funds carefully for poster pasting and direct engagement with only those voters listed on the Independent National Electoral Commission register. The group also unveiled 10,000 explainer cards highlighting 50 achievements of the Tinubu administration, equipping the ambassadors with material to persuade Permanent Voter’s Card holders. Officials said the manifesto of Dr Hamzat would be distributed in the coming weeks.
Bamigbetan personally trained the ambassadors on micro-targeting techniques that rely on the official voters’ register. He described the method as more cost-effective and precise than traditional roadshows or indiscriminate door-to-door canvassing. Ambassadors will work from ward-distributed voter lists, record the response of every household in provided booklets, and report both positive and negative feedback to a monitoring team for follow-up. The ten-week programme requires each ambassador to cover the full list assigned to their unit. Data collected will later guide targeted empowerment efforts, including support for POS operators and other voter-related initiatives.
Addressing the gathering, Bamigbetan framed the KOK Mandate as more than an electoral vehicle. “Without true democrats, there is no democracy,” he said. “True democrats respect the will of the majority, while autocratic individuals resort to violence, rigging or the misuse of power to oppress the people.”
He recalled how free school uniforms, furniture and meals distributed during his tenure as council chairman had strengthened community goodwill and boosted the party’s electoral base. The movement, he stressed, functions as “a laboratory for democracy” that continues long after election day rather than dissolving into transactional politics.
The programme’s slogan captures its focus: “PBA – Target the voters; the rest will follow.” Bamigbetan outlined three approaches to canvassing—high-visibility roadshows, broad door-to-door visits, and precise micro-targeting of registered voters—and confirmed that the current effort adopts the third. In a brief question-and-answer session, he clarified that the ambassadors’ role ends with voter persuasion; deployment of election-day agents remains the responsibility of the party and candidates. He also assured participants that contingency arrangements exist should any difficulties arise while pasting campaign materials.
The training, observers noted, signals a structured, professional approach to grassroots mobilisation by the KOK Mandate Group as the general elections draw nearer.
