LP Lawmaker Agbese Launches RHOLAN to Back Tinubu's 2027 Bid

Rep. Philip Agbese, who represents Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency of Benue State, has launched a new political platform, the Renewed Hope Labourers Network (RHOLAN), to rally support for President Bola Tinubu's 2027 re-election bid.

Agbese, who sits in the House of Representatives under the Labour Party, described the initiative as a cross-party coalition of politicians and activists working toward Tinubu's return to office.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, he said the network's core objective was grassroots mobilisation, with particular focus on ordinary working-class Nigerians, in support of the president's re-election.

As founder and Director-General of the group, Agbese said members were prepared to campaign for Tinubu across the country's 176,846 polling units.

"We are people ready to work for President Tinubu across the 176,846 polling units across Nigeria. This is not about party. It is about belief in the leadership and philosophy of President Tinubu," he said.
He framed every voter at the polling-unit level as a vital coordinator in the project, likening them to labourers who share the president's vision. He said the scale of the planned mobilisation and networking effort would be unprecedented in the country's political history.

According to Agbese, the group intends to combine technology with direct grassroots engagement to communicate the president's achievements in simple, relatable terms designed to build broad-based support.

"The ordinary labourer in the market, in the farm, at the construction sites and in the informal sector must see and feel the progress," he said.

He commended Tinubu's approach to governance—anchored on fiscal discipline, infrastructure development and economic reform—describing it as the clearest route to improving the lives of the workers who form the backbone of Nigeria's economy. He added that the administration's policies on agriculture, power, roads and social investment were already opening up new opportunities that grassroots workers were beginning to feel.

"President Tinubu has chosen the difficult but necessary path of resetting the economy so that it can work for the many rather than the few," Agbese said.

He said RHOLAN would blend digital outreach with traditional grassroots strategies to inform citizens about the benefits of the Renewed Hope Agenda and to push back against narratives that overlook the reforms' long-term value.

Agbese stressed that the network's focus would remain on the everyday Nigerian working to build a better life, adding that his backing for the president stemmed from a sober assessment of what sustained reform could ultimately deliver for workers and their households.

"We are not here for politics as usual. We are here because we believe in the leadership and philosophy of President Tinubu. We believe his reforms, if given the chance to mature, will rewrite the story of the Nigerian labourer," he said.

He explained that his support for a second term was also driven by the need to consolidate reforms already underway, arguing that the economic and institutional changes required continuity to yield their full benefits—and that halting them midway could jeopardise progress already made.

A second term, he said, would give Tinubu room to deepen, refine and institutionalise these policies in ways that translate into more lasting benefits for ordinary Nigerians.

While acknowledging some of the short-term hardships tied to the reforms, Agbese maintained that their ultimate goal was to build a stronger, more productive economy capable of generating opportunities for millions of Nigerians.