Elections: APC South-East underscores importance of Support Groups
Aja Chukwumerije, Enugu.
The Director of the All Progressives Congress (APC) support group in South-East Nigeria, Engr. Elias Mbam, has underlined the importance of support groups.
According to Engr. Mbam, it was for this reason that the APC Presidential Campaign Council established and inaugurated the Support Group Coordination Directorate to oversee and supervise the activities of the APC Support Group.
This was with a view to ensuring the success of the APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Mbam, who was speaking at the weekend in Enugu at a town hall meeting with coordinators of support groups in the South-East, described support groups as the engine house for a victorious election.
“The support groups drive the process.
“In other words, the failure or success in an election is determined mainly by the success or failure of the support groups.
“It is very critical that all the APC Support Groups in the South-East should up their games in order for the party to have a successful outing in the 2023 general election,” said Engr. Mbam.
The town hall meeting was organized by the South-East Support Group Coordination Directorate to familiarize the support groups in the South-East with their roles in the electoral process, share experience and formulate the best approach to actualize thier objectives.
“We are lucky that we have a good product in the person of Tinubu and Shettima and would, therefore, be easy to market.
“We all have a duty to drive this process successfully, “ Mbam noted.
Also speaking, a former Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Acho Ihim, urged the support groups not to be confrontational with people, who abuse the 70-year-old APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on social media.
Ihim cited America and other developed clime, where age is not considered in choosing a presidential candidate.
He, however, urged the support groups to do everything within their powers to ensure that APC is successful in the 2023 general election.
