Some youth groups of the governing All Progressives Congress, APC have jointly gotten the Nomination and Expression of Interest forms for the youth representative in the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, Barrister Ismaeel Ahmed, to contest the position of the National Organising Secretary at the Party’s March 26 National Convention.
The Youth groups bought the form for Ismaeel Ahmed, the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Investment, as a gift for his 42nd birthday anniversary.
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Recall that the APC has zoned the position of National Organising Secretary to North-west, where Ahmed hails from.
The groups that obtained the nomination form include APC Rebirth, APC National Youth Movement, and APC Youths Forum.
The different leaders of the Youth groups who spoke to journalists at the APC Headquarters in Abuja spoke on Mr. Ahmed’s competence as a youth leader.
Speaking on behalf of his group, the Convener of the APC Rebirth, Malam Aliyu Audu, said: “Part of the things we have yearned for over the time is for competent people to occupy critical positions and also to ask for inclusion of young people who are mostly party members and there’s no other person to stand for us or stand by than Ismail Ahmed, who single-handedly has given more young people the platform to showcase what they can do and how they can add value to growing the party.
“Before the merger itself, he (Ahmed) was the one person who brought us from the different parts of the party together and got us to understand the fact that we have a role to play in the country by taking part, so that at some point just like now to take charge in how the future that affects us is being ensured we are on the table when that future will be negotiated,” said Audu
The chairman of the APC Youth Forum, Ife Adebayo, said Ismaeel Ahmed had contributed much to the growth of APC; hence he should be considered.
“We believe strongly that he has contributed to this party and as young people we believe that based on his contribution to the party he’s fit and able to organize this party and put the party on the right footings working with other members of the NWC before the general elections in 2023.”
