Dr Betta Edu, the National Women’s Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said she would target 40 million votes for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate in 2023 general election.
Edu said this in Calabar at the APC South-South Women and Youth Rally.
She said the presidential candidate of the APC and his running mate did exceptionally as governors in their respective states and should be given another opportunity to serve the people.
“The presidential candidate of APC has been a great supporter of women and youths and should be given massive support.
“Tinubu has supported women and we have seen it, he supported his wife who is a Christian to rise to the position of a senator and other women in his state.
“When you go back to your states, go to every nook and cranny and mobilise all APC supporters to vote for Tinubu and Shettima.
“Make sure you get your Permanent Voter Cards( PVCs) and go to your polling unit and vote come February 2022,” she said.
On her part, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the APC presidential candidate, urged the South-South women to vote massively for the party in 2023 because they have so much to gain.
“We are fully committed that women issues are given priorities in the next administration by the grace of God.
“A vote for Tinubu/Shetima is a vote for progress, enabling environment for youths to thrive, a unified and secured Nigeria,” she added.
Similarly, Dr Linda Ayade, wife of Cross River governor urged residents of the state to get their PVCs ready to vote for APC come February 2023.
Mr Alphonsus Eba, the state APC Chairman, promised to mobilize at least 500,000 votes from the state for Tinubu in 2023 poll.
Aisha, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, said voting for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate in 2023 election, will guarantee employment for Nigerian women and youths.
Aisha, also the grand patron of the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign team, spoke on Saturday at the launch of the South-South APC Women and Youths Presidential Campaign Rally in Calabar.
The first lady, represented by the wife of the APC Presidential Candidate, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, also assured the teaming APC supporters of better things to come.
”A vote for Tinubu/Shettima in the forthcoming election is a vote for progress, for unity and progress of Nigeria.
”Our husbands have both previously served as governors and we were first ladies of our respective states.
”It is easy to confirm that we have always been alive to our responsibilities by being sensitive to the needs of our people and keeping our husbands informed about developments around us.
”My sister and I hereby assure you that you can count on us as you are partners in progress, that you can trust us to ensure that issues which matter to you are kept in the front burner.
” We are fully committed to making sure that women issues are given priority in the next administration by God’s grace, a vote for Tinubu/Shettima is the vote for the upliftment of women and a vote for the creation of an enabling environment for our youth to thrive” she said.
Aisha who commended the show of love, solidarity and support by the South-South APC youths, assured of her unweaving loyalty and commitment to their cause.
”So, the youth we have not forgotten you. We are assuring you that you will be carried along every step of the way in this new administration,” she said.
The wife of the president also assured that Tinubu would be constantly reminded of the plight of the less privileged in the society.
”We will ensure that our husbands are constantly reminded about the plight of the less privileged and the need to empower and uplift our women,” she said.
On her part, the South-South Zonal Coordinator of Tinubu/Shettima Campaign and wife of Cross River governor Dr Linda Ayade, charged the South-South APC women to come out en-mass to vote for Tinubu/Shettima in the 2023 Presidential election.
She assured that the large number of APC supporters would surely result in victory in 2023 election.
Also speaking, Dr Betta Edu, the APC National Woman Leader, urged the APC women to educate women on the need to guard their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and vote for Tinubu/Shettima for progress and prosperity in Nigeria.
Edu also charged them to engage in door-to-door campaign to ensure victory for APC in 2023 election.
Some of the dignitaries at the event included the Special Assistant to the President on Africa first ladies Peace Mission, Dr Mairo Al-Makura, former Chief of Army Staff retired Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau and former FCT Minister, Alhaji Modibbo Aliyu.
Others were former Head of Service, Winifred Eyo-Ita, Sen. Ita Giwa, Mrs Zahra Buhari-Indimi and the Director-General, National Centre for Women Development Dr Asabe Vilita.
The Faithful Group(TFG), a political group loyal to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, has declared support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
National Coordinator, Olusola Orelaja said TFG had been issued a certificate of recognition following its endorsement of Tinubu as Tinubu Faithful Group(TFG).
“After the APC Presidential Primaries, we held several executive meetings and came to a progressive decision to support Tinubu, the APC flag bearer with capacity and competence,” he said.
Orelaja, who is also National President of Our Nation For Justice Initiative (ONAJI), said he was impressed by Tinubu’s visit to Osinbajo’s home after the primaries and for his forgiving heart.
He described Tinubu’s actions as a good development and morale booster for TFG members, saying it would spur them to campaign and ensure Tinubu emerged president in 2023.
“Tinubu is a visionary leader. He is a compassionate personality. TFG members in Diaspora and different states of Nigeria are ready to support him.
“I can authoritatively say Tinubu has paid enough dues to be President of Nigeria and it’s very clear that none of the other contestants can match his democratic credentials.
“He has unmatched track record as a public servant in the last 23 years, considering his achievements as governor of Lagos State,” Orelaja said.
The TFG coordinator said that Tinubu possessed the best resume, experience and exposure.
Orelaja said that Nigeria needed a competent and detribalised leader who will promote unity as well as a prosperous nation.
“This group consider the campaign for Tinubu as an obligation. We will knock on every door, speak to every Nigerian as well as travel across the length and breadth of the country to preach Tinubu/Shettima,” he said.
He prayed that God grant him good health, strength as well as the needed wisdom ahead of the 2023 presidential elections and beyond.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has sent a damning message to traducers doubting the age of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
In a speech at the joint APC presidential and governorship rally in Lagos, Gbajabiamila asked the Doubting Thomases to go consult the late mother of Tinubu, Abibat Mogaji, to authenticate Tinubu’s age.
“They will ask you a lot of questions. I want to tell you what to tell them. There is something called Frequently Asked Questions. When they ask you, who is Tinubu, tell them Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House said Tinubu is the greatest politician in modern-day Nigerian politics,” he said.
“They will ask you, ‘How old is he? What is his age?’ Tell them that Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House said he is the age his mother said he is. And if they doubt his age, they should go and meet his mother to reconfirm.”
“They will tell you, ‘But they said he did not go to school.’ Tell them that I, Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House, said he is more educated than all the contestants put together.”
On allegations that Tinubu was indicted in the United States, Gbajabiamila asked APC devotees to simply tell sceptics that “the Americans have said repeatedly that they do not know what they are talking about.”
He also countered allegations of corruption against Tinubu with the argument that the APC presidential candidate was never found guilty, while attributing the choice of two Muslims on the party’s presidential ticket to a divine plan.
“They will say, ‘But they say that he is corrupt.’ Tell them he is the most investigated Nigerian presidential candidate in the history of Nigeria, and nothing has been found on him,” the Speaker said.
“When they ask about a Muslim vice president, tell them that God is moving mysteriously in ways that they cannot understand; that he is about to do something in Nigeria.
“Tell them, in Shettima, God is about to live out the scripture of the rejected stone that became the cornerstone. If they ask you, what has he done to develop Nigeria, tell them he has developed men and women who in turn have developed Nigeria.
“Tell them to give you one name of any other candidate that has developed men and women of consequence today in the Nigerian political and socio-economic development.”
Gbajabiamila said his speech was majorly to woo undecided voters, whom he described as a “very small group outside.”
Tinubu charges Nigerians not to allow PDP near nation’s commonwealth again
…Urges Lagosians to vote Sanwo-Olu/Hamzat for second term
All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has called on Nigerians not to entrust the Peoples Democratic Party with Nigeria’s commonwealth again because of the destruction the party wrought on the country.
Tinubu made the call on Saturday in Lagos at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere venue of APC Presidential Campaign’s mega rally where he also recalled how Lagos gave him a chance to deploy his talents for national progress and preservation of progressive politics.
“I thank the Almighty Allah and the good people of Lagos State for a place to stand, from which I could deploy my talents to mobilise like-minded Progressives to defend this great city.”Governor Lalong arrives at the rally
The APC Presidential candidate said his party’s campaign is a broom revolution, and invoking the spirit of his late mother, Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji, the Iyaloja-General, he followed up with a folksong, singing in Yoruba, “Dagunro o se je, Tinubu o se pa,” meaning literally that he can not be killed.
Tinubu said he would continue with progressive government where Nigerians will not be forgotten in education, healthcare and employment generation.
The former Lagos State governor who spoke partly in Yoruba took a swipe at the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Candidate bAtiku Abubakar, describing him a veteran aspirant who should go home and rest.
“Atiku contested in SDP, he contested in PDP; he contested in ACN when we rescued him from Obasanjo. Now he is contesting again in PDP. He should go home and rest,” adding that Nigerians should never allow him and his party near the country’s commonwealth.
“Atiku has been running. Use your PVC to vote him and his party out. Use your votes to retire him permanently this time. We must never again allow the rapacious and visionless gang of Peoples Destroying People to come near our commonwealth again. They were in government for 16 years, they didn’t remember Badagry Expressway, they didn’t remember East-West Road, they didnt remember 2nd Niger Bridge.”
To underscore his support across the country, Tinubu noted that Governors of Kano, Kastina, Kaduna, Kwara, Kebbi and other APC Governors were with him unlike his opponent who could not hold his party together.
Tinubu again used the opportunity of the rally to thank President Muhammadu Buhari for his commitment to the development of Nigeria and Lagos State.
“I specially thank President Muhammadu Buhari for the unprecedented Federal support and commitment to Lagos State. We have come a long way from Presidents whose sole obsession was to capture or conquer Lagos in do-or-die fashion, to a President who loves the state greatly and is keen to see it do very well.
“Lagos has benefited tremendously in terms of infrastructure development, whether it is the Lagos-Ibadan Railway line, or the Apapa-Oshodi-Oworonsoki Expressway, the revamped National Theatre, the new International Airport Terminal or the support that has made the Lekki Deep Sea Port possible and the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Plant, as well as the Red Line of the Lagos Metro, which is sharing part of the Federal corridor,” he said.
Addressing the massive rally on the importance of sustaining the progressive governance in Lagos State, Tinubu urged Lagosians to vote for Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, for second term.
“Dear Lagosians, my appeal to you today, is to ask you to renew the mandate of Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat for another 4 years. Do not let the execution and implementation of the bold vision of more than two decades be aborted or suspended.”
For the stability of Lagos State, Asiwaju Tinubu called on the youths and students to vote for Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat.
“The lives of over 22 million people are too important to be subjected to tragic experiments in the hands of kindergarten politicians. Babajide Sanwo-olu and Obafemi Hamzat have been schooled in the finest tradition of people-management and development planning.”
Present at the rally were the party’s National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Vice Presidential Candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima, and Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Kebbi, Atiku Bagudu.
Others included the Director-General of the Tinubu/Shettima Campaigns and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong, as well as Governors Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Aminu Bello Masari (Katsina), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Adegboyega Oyetola (Osun), Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa), Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq and Abiodun Oyebanji (Ekiti). Also present were Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare, former Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi
There were also members of the APC National Working Committee and National Assembly members.
Welcoming the dignitaries and people of Lagos, Governor Sanwo-olu thanked Asíwájú for the foundation he laid in the state and the legacies he left behind as governor, saying he is the right man for the presidency in 2023.
Governor Bagudu who spoke on behalf of the 22 APC Governors thanked the Lagos governor for the successful rally.
“Our party leadership and governors believe in Asíwájú and for the right reasons. The world economy has been challenged, Nigeria inclusive. We need someone of Asíwájú’s standing and pedigree to take over to help the country wade through,” he said.
Speaker Gbajabiamila commended Asíwájú for his investment in human capacity, saying he has developed more people than any others.
“There is a lot to be said about Asíwájú. He is the most investigated Nigerian and nothing has been found against him. ”
The DG of the campaigns, Hon. Lalong said Asíwájú Tinubu has the character and capacity to lead Nigeria and ensure equity and justice to all parts of the country, adding that with Asíwájú and Shettima, Nigerians would have no cause to regret.
Tinubu Media Office
Tunde Rahman
November 26, 2022
Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere was filled to the brim on Saturday as Lagos hosted a mega rally for the APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Party enthusiasts and faithful formed a collage of colours as they sat, awaiting the arrival of Tinubu, his running mate, Kashim Shettima and host governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Here are some photos sent Emma Osodi: APC faithful in LagosAnother section of party faithfulTeslim Balogun StadiumAPC supporters add colour to the rallyAnother section of APC supporters
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