… Calls On Youth For Grassroots Mobilization
Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the representing Lagos Central Senatorial District and wife of the foremost presidential candidate in the country and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called for greater and continued support for the aspiration of her husband, noting that Nigeria is too important to be left to inexperienced hands.
She made the appeal in a welcome address at the young leaders’ summit, Sunday in Abuja while also making a strong case for women and youths who she said are important to the political process.
Tinubu, who was represented at the event by Nana Shettima, wife of the APC’s vice presidential candidate, urged young members of the party to mobilize their peers for the success of the presidential campaign as she acknowledged the role of young people in promoting the party and urged them to concentrate their efforts on grassroots mobilisation.
Her words: “Right from the formation of the APC, young people have been at the forefront of promoting our party and our candidates. Even now, with campaigns yet to kick off, the youth energy can be felt with the many youth-led initiatives promoting the candidature of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima.
“I hereby urge all our youth leaders and youth-focused support groups, many of whom are represented here today, to ensure that efforts to mobilise support for the Tinubu/Shettima presidential campaign are targeted at the grassroots – right from our polling units to our wards and local governments – as that is where the real voters are.”
The senator also stated that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has an impressive track record of supporting young people and urged the party’s teeming youths to constructively engage their contemporaries to ensure that they make the right choice at the polls.
“Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has a track record of uplifting and supporting young people, and I am confident that this will not change when he becomes President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Engage your peers so that they understand that the decision of who to vote for is one that must be taken seriously. Nigeria is too important to be left to people without sufficient experience, a clear progressive vision, and a verifiable track record of leadership that delivers meaningful results,” she said.
