Young members of the governing All Progressive Congress (APC) have been charged to engage Nigerians on the benefits of voting for the party in the 2023 general election.
Dayo Israel, National Youth Leader of the APC gave the charge at the opening of the Progressive Young Leaders Summit of the APC in Abuja.
Dayo said the APC had through its effective policies of infrastructural development, investment in agriculture, education, security, rule of law and good governance had given Nigeria a pedestal to reclaim its position as Africa’s economic and political power house.
He added that as a progressive-centered party, the APC was determined to continue on the path to national advancement by ensuring that its presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is elected in 2023 as the successor to incumbent president Muhaammadu Buhari.
The APC youth leader said this could only be achieved if the party’s youths mobilize in their millions nationwide to engage the Nigerian electorate on what is in store for them.
“As young people of Nigeria, we have a role and a responsibility to stand up and be counted for what is right for development, for progress, change and upward mobility for our generation,” he said.
“If you can dream it, you can achieve it. The challenge is if you do not dream it, you cannot achieve it. If we do not have the picture of the Nigeria we want to see, nothing can be achieved.
“We can complain on social media but we can only make a difference if we have a clear picture of the Nigeria we want to see,” Dayo stated.
He enjoined the youths to work with their leaders across the 36 states of the federation for synergy and order to be maintained.
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Best Marketers
Comrade Adams Oshiomole, immediate past governor of Edo state and former national chairman of the APC, said the youths were the best marketers and canvassers of the party whose energy and drive was vital in communicating to Nigerians the party’s past achievements in the areas of agriculture, education, infrastructural development, security and good governance.
Oshiomole said the APC Youth wing must showcase the leadership qualities of its presidential hopeful Tinubu – based on his qualities of courage, innovation, mentoring and national outlook.
“The Youths have huge potentials both individually and collectively to be the drivers of Nigeria’s development,” he said.
“What stands APC apart from other political parties is its progressive ideology centered on welfarism. We care for the elderly, women, and children across Nigeria.
“We are addressing insecurity particularly in the North-East, empowered millions of Nigerian farmers, fed millions of children across public schools, paid salaries of serving and retired public workers across the federation irrespective of party affiliation, driven the nation’s railway expansion through the Itakpe-Warri line, Lagos-Ibadan line, Abuja-Kaduna rail and lots more,” Oshiomole enthused.
The former labour leader said with Tinubu’s success story in Lagos, Nigeria would be in safe, assured hands if the two-time former governor was elected.
Difference Maker
The Kebbi state governor Atiku Abubakar Bagudu said the APC would ensure that its presidential candidate Bola Tinubu wins in 2023 because he is a difference maker.
Bagudu said Tinubu has national appeal that would ensure every section of the country was carried along when the party retained federal power.
“Tinubu led a Lagos that was doing well in infrastructure, economic revival and human capacity development. He gave the young people the platform to take on the world.
“For the young progressives, they must learn from the Lagos experience. As part of their understanding, they have to appreciate that yes we want youth that will take on the world. But we also want your thinking to envelope those other youths that need to be included. That is one of the strong points of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he added.
The Progressive Young Leaders Summit of the APC will run for two days.
The summit has as its theme: “Agenda 2023 – The Nigeria that we want”.
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