DONATION: Maiyaki Donates Five Transformers to Southern Taraba Communities, Boosts Tinubu, Kefas Re-election Campaign.

By Jako Keke [Jalingo Times] November 9, 2026.

Chief Bulus Maiyaki, popularly known as Baba Mai Solar, has donated five electricity transformers to communities across Southern Taraba Senatorial District as part of efforts to improve power supply and strengthen grassroots support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Agbu Kefas in 2027.

Maiyaki, who serves as Deputy Director-General (South) of the Kefas Re-election Campaign Council and Secretary of the 2027 Presidential Campaign Council Directorate of Grassroots Engagement and Mobilisation for the North-East, said the intervention was part of his sustained commitment to improving electricity access in underserved communities.

The latest donation has reportedly generated excitement among beneficiaries, adding to his previous interventions in the power sector across Taraba State.

According to information from sources close to him, Maiyaki has facilitated the donation of 31 transformers, alongside 5,000 solar streetlights and solar home systems across Southern Taraba, with interventions covering communities in Wukari, Ibi, Takum and other areas.

Some of the benefiting communities include Nyita, Nyigben, Nyivu Manya, Marraraba and communities across Ussa, where his interventions have reportedly helped extend electricity supply to previously underserved locations.

Sources familiar with the initiative described Maiyaki's interventions as evidence of his commitment to community development, irrespective of political differences.

"For Maiyaki, power is not just about light; it is about life, business, education and dignity. He believes that when a community has electricity, children can study at night, traders can preserve their goods, and young people can acquire skills and improve their livelihoods," one of the sources said.

The sources added that the interventions were also intended to mobilise support for the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Tinubu and the Moving Forward Agenda of Governor Kefas ahead of the 2027 general elections.

They identified increased allocations to states and local governments, the student loan scheme and infrastructure investments as some of the initiatives associated with the Tinubu administration, while highlighting free and compulsory education, agricultural support, security and workers' welfare as areas of focus under the Kefas administration.

One of the sources maintained that Maiyaki's appointment to key campaign positions was informed by his grassroots connections and record of community interventions.

"Maiyaki was not chosen by accident. His antecedents speak for him. He has touched many communities, including those of his critics and political opponents. He gives because he believes every Taraban deserves access to electricity," the source said.

Marraraba was cited as an example of his non-partisan approach, with the source claiming that a transformer was provided to the community despite perceived political differences with some residents.

The sources also pointed to the latest intervention in Ussa, saying it had further strengthened residents' confidence in Maiyaki's community development efforts and generated renewed interest in the APC's political agenda.

Speaking on the interventions, Maiyaki reportedly assured communities that more electricity projects would follow if support for Tinubu and Kefas was sustained.

He also called on residents to support the APC across all elective positions in 2027, describing such political alignment as a means of attracting further development interventions to Southern Taraba.

Maiyaki further pledged to provide 1,000 solar streetlights and solar home systems to communities that demonstrate support for the APC across the ballot.

The latest donation underscores Maiyaki's growing involvement in grassroots political mobilisation, with electricity access emerging as a major component of his community engagement strategy ahead of the 2027 elections.