The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Mainstream Media, in partnership with the Tomorrow Is Here Movement (TIH), has invited talented individuals and groups to participate in the 2026 Jingles Competition on Good Governance in Enugu State.
This was disclosed in a statement by Dan Nwomeh, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Mainstream Media and made available to news men on Monday.
According to the statement, the competition seeks to discover and promote home-grown musical talents, encourage creativity, and provide a platform for musicians and content creators to showcase their abilities while producing compelling jingles that highlight the transformational leadership, developmental achievements, and people-centred programmes of the administration of Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah.
It said the competition is designed to source original, captivating, and memorable campaign jingles that encourage the people of Enugu State to re-elect Governor Peter Mbah in the forthcoming gubernatorial election.
It said the best entries will be selected by a panel of experienced judges, with outstanding participants receiving attractive cash prizes.
“The selected jingles may also be adopted and deployed as part of their public enlightenment, mobilisation, and electioneering campaign activities for the victory of Governor Mbah and the APC in the 2027 governorship polls,” it added.
Winners of the competition shall win prizes between the range of N250,000 and N2 million.
Winner of the first prize will go home with N2 million, second winner N1 million while the third winner takes home N750.
The fourth to tenth winners get between N600,000 and N250 respectively and other consolation prizes.
However, the following are rules for the competition:
1. The competition is open to musicians, songwriters, vocalists, music producers, and creative talents who are indigenes, residents or well-wishers of Enugu State.
2. Entries may be submitted by individuals or groups.
3. Each participant or group may submit a maximum of five (5) original entries.
4. Entries must be original compositions created specifically for this competition and must not infringe on the intellectual property rights of any person or organisation.
5. The jingle shall promote the achievements, vision, leadership, and transformational programmes of Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah.
6. The lyrics must contain a clear and positive message urging the electorate to vote for and/or re-elect Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah.
7. The jingle must creatively urge listeners to vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) and mention the party’s symbol (the broom).
8. Entries may be performed in English, Igbo, a local dialect, Pidgin English, or any combination of these languages.
9. Each jingle should not be more than 60 seconds in duration.
10. Entries must be submitted in MP3 format and accompanied by the participant’s name, address, Local Government Area, telephone number, and a brief profile.
11. All entries should be sent via WhatsApp to 09063106930 and must be submitted not later than August 20, 2026.
12. Entries will be judged on originality, creativity, lyrical content, musical quality, memorability, and overall campaign appeal.
13. The judges’ decision shall be final.
14. By submitting an entry, participants grant the organizers and other pro-Peter Mbah and pro-APC campaign and support groups the irrevocable right to use, reproduce, edit, adapt, perform, broadcast, publish, distribute, and deploy any selected entries for campaign, publicity, mobilisation, and electioneering purposes without any additional compensation beyond the prizes awarded.
15. The date for the announcement of the winners will be communicated in due course.
