{"id":82805,"date":"2026-02-17T05:21:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82805"},"modified":"2026-02-17T05:21:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:21:34","slug":"hon-constance-takes-campaign-to-church-gets-fr-daminas-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/02\/17\/hon-constance-takes-campaign-to-church-gets-fr-daminas-endorsement\/","title":{"rendered":"Hon Constance Takes Campaign to Church, Gets Fr Damina&#8217;s Endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the Saturday 21st February 2026 Bwari Area Council elections, Hon. Amb. Constance Jacobs, candidate for Councillor of Usuma Ward under the Accord Party, received the endorsement of her parish priest, Rev. Fr. Christopher Damina, PhD, during a visit to CKC Parish, Kubwa.<\/p>\n<p>Hon. Jacobs, campaigning under the party\u2019s slogan \u201cOneness &amp; Progress\u201d, addressed parishioners during all masses, sharing her vision and engaging directly with church members.<\/p>\n<p>She expressed gratitude for the warm reception, noting the enthusiastic support from congregants, particularly the parish choristers, whose cheers and applause underscored community encouragement for her candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to parishioners, Hon. Amb. Jacobs urged residents across Federal Housing, Phase 3 and 4, Army Estate, Dantata Estate, and surrounding areas to participate actively in the polls, reminding them that voting begins at 8:00 a.m. and continues until 2:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>She emphasized her commitment to represent and serve the community effectively if elected.<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Damina personally prayed for the success of Hon. Amb. Jacobs and blessed her campaign team, \u201cTEAM 001,\u201d as they distributed flyers and engaged parishioners.<\/p>\n<p>The gesture reflected the candidate\u2019s approach of combining faith, community engagement, and transparent outreach in her campaign strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The church event marked a notable milestone in Hon. Amb. Jacobs\u2019 grassroots campaign, reinforcing her visibility and connection with constituents ahead of this Saturday\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0 Ahead of the Saturday 21st February 2026 Bwari Area Council elections, Hon. Amb. Constance Jacobs, candidate for Councillor of Usuma Ward under the Accord Party, received the endorsement of her parish priest, Rev. Fr. Christopher Damina, PhD, during a visit to CKC Parish, Kubwa. Hon. Jacobs, campaigning under the party\u2019s slogan \u201cOneness [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82807,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82805\/revisions\/82807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}