By RsdNews Portal.com
At different intervals during the inauguration ceremony of APC youth executives across the different ethnic groups in Nigeria, stakeholders which include Joe Igbokwe, Patako Sharo, Architect Kabiru Abdullahi, Engr. Emiede established different reasons before the participants to justify their stance for supporting Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s next president.
Engineer Joe Igbokwe an APC Chieftain and also the Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Drainages and Water resources said;
“I task you all leaders across the ethnic groups go and work and deliver 40million out of 80million expected total votes, give us at least 30illion votes.
“Asiwaju is the next President Nigeria, we have done our calculation and due diligence very well. It is not a contest with any other person, it is going to be based on antecedent and what you have done.
“He made me publicity Secretary of the party for 15 years, took me to agencies and made me remain in the cabinet, subjected to many trainings and better of.
“You cannot afford to go for a World cup competition if your team is not good, having a mediocre as governor for 4years,such will muscle capital to take another term and we would have lost eight years.
“ It is important to pick the man that understands the route. Why Asiwaju? The country is too big for us to have a mediocre in power as the largest economy in West Africa.
“I urge all the ethnic representation to support him,we are speaking the truth so as to ensure we don’t lose. Asiwaju cares he is dependable and knows where he is going.
Patako Sharo the North Central Leader APC Lagos empasized on the need to vote Asiwaju stating his high level of tolerance, accommodating mien as the required factor to fix the Nigerian polity. He said;
“Asiwaju inaugurated us back then in AD and since we have never failed. Other party tried and failed, all because of Asiwaju we have three commissioners from ethnic nationalities outside the Yoruba flank in Lagos.
“I urge you to talk to our leaders to accomodate our people. Don’t discriminate, we have no difference. If Obi like let him come, only social media is contesting against Asiwaju none other.
Representative of Architect Kabiru Abdullahi, the Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure at the event, Alhaji Musa eulogized Tinubu’s strides saying that he remains the only solution to Nigeria’s problem.
“Asiwaju is the most qualified presidential candidate amongst all running, a developmentalist who has a model to run Nigeria, test run with Lagos. Past and present situation attest to it, the solution to Nigeria’s problems and development has been found and that is Asiwaju.
“The youth wing importance cannot be over emphasized. The youth are the pillar of our campaign. They are armed with their PVC”
For Engineer Emiede a South South Leader in Lagos the forum reaffirms the resolve to go with Asiwaju all the way to victory.
“Tell council chairmen to carry our people along, we are over 6million across the localities, if our votes go to Asiwaju you know what it means.
“Ethnic youths in Lagos can never die. We will never one day go back from Asiwaju structure. We are still with him since AD. Don’t go back.”
The youth leader of APC Lagos State, Dr Seriki while carrying out the exercise of the oath of allegiance for the excos, stressed the importance of team spirit insurmounting challenges. He said the ethnic composition of the APC youth executives in Lagos is exactly what Tinubu stands for because he is not tribalistic. He enjoins participants to emulate this legacy for smooth relationship prior to the general election in Nigeria.
Some of the ethnic state excos inaugurated are: Mazi Leo Obasi-President, Vice President Comrade Ibrahim Musa Bebeji,Tony Nworibo -Secretary,Usman Mohammed -Treasurer, Oputa Emmanuel-Legal, Hamzat Favour Hamzat Organizing secretary and others.