Senator Abdulaziz Yari continued the Presidential Campaign Council’s consultations with engagements in Jos and Bauchi in September 2026. In Jos, he met Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir; in Bauchi, he met Khalifa Sheikh Ibrahim, son of the late Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi.
The conversations focused on peace, unity and national progress. They brought the Council into direct contact with leaders and communities whose perspectives form part of the national conversation.
The engagements also illustrate the regional work behind national campaign coordination. Explaining the Renewed Hope agenda requires sustained contact with people and institutions, alongside clear communication about the administration’s programmes and delivery.
From Jos to Bauchi
The two engagements brought distinct religious and community settings into the Council’s consultation programme. Meeting leaders in person offered an opportunity for direct exchange around the shared themes of peace, unity and national progress.
The consultation journey
The photo story shows arrivals, receptions and the meetings in Jos and Bauchi, while the related film follows the wider consultation journey.
Two cities and distinct religious settings
Jos and Bauchi form separate chapters within this consultation journey. The meeting with Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir in Jos and the engagement with Khalifa Sheikh Ibrahim in Bauchi involved different people and institutional settings. Keeping those distinctions visible matters when describing a wider campaign programme. The shared themes of peace, unity and national progress connect the meetings, but they do not erase the particular character of either occasion. The Council’s contact with leaders in their own communities gives the public a more specific account of national engagement than a general statement about regional outreach could provide.
Direct dialogue in Jos
The Jos meeting brought Senator Yari into conversation with Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir. Within the Council’s programme, such a meeting provides an opportunity to explain the campaign assignment and listen to a religious leader whose responsibilities are rooted in community life. An in-person discussion allows the participants to address the purpose of the visit directly. It also gives the engagement a clear location and institutional setting. This report records that meeting as part of the Council’s consultation work, without assigning statements, commitments or political decisions beyond the details established for the occasion.
The Bauchi engagement
In Bauchi, the consultation was with Khalifa Sheikh Ibrahim, son of the late Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi. The account identifies this relationship to make clear which religious leader took part in the meeting. The engagement continued the Council’s discussion of peace, unity and national progress in a different setting from Jos. Presenting the two meetings together shows the movement of the consultation programme, while identifying each participant separately allows readers to understand the individual encounters. The photographs provide further detail about the receptions, arrivals and conversations that accompanied this part of the Council’s national journey.
Why regional listening matters
National political priorities are experienced locally. A discussion of transport may centre on the roads people use each day, while a discussion of education may focus on access to learning or the needs of families. Consultation gives participants a setting in which to connect those experiences with the larger political conversation. Religious leaders can contribute perspectives informed by regular contact with communities. The Jos and Bauchi engagements belong to this work of direct listening. Their public significance is the contact they record between campaign leadership and community institutions, rather than any assumed measure of electoral support.
Explaining the Renewed Hope record
The Council’s campaign work includes communicating the administration’s programmes and delivery. That task becomes clearer when individual initiatives are explained in practical terms. Readers can examine the achievements collection for projects and reforms across sectors, and the programme guides for information about selected opportunities. These pages complement engagement reports: they explain the policy and delivery subjects that form part of public discussion, while the news record identifies meetings and participants. A consultation article should help readers understand both the occasion itself and the wider campaign responsibility within which the occasion sits.
Peaceful engagement across different communities
The common emphasis on peace and unity is relevant to the conduct of a campaign operating across diverse communities. People may share concerns about wellbeing and opportunity while holding different political views. A constructive engagement allows those differences to be expressed without personal hostility or intimidation. It also avoids treating the presence of a religious leader as a substitute for the individual choices of citizens. The Council’s consultations can therefore be followed as a record of dialogue and institutional contact. The electoral process remains a separate subject, explored through the platform’s election information pages.
Follow the photographs and the wider journey
The Jos and Bauchi gallery brings together photographs of arrivals, receptions and meetings. The four-state film places the journey within a broader visual account of the consultation programme. Readers can also explore the Kaduna JIBWIS report to follow another religious engagement within the same wider programme. These connections make it possible to move between the national overview and individual occasions. Each linked account adds a different perspective while retaining its own people, place and purpose within the Council’s continuing public record.