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The Youths and Students wing of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council in Osun State has called for the development of the country to bring about desired affluence and opportunities for the youths, AMILOADED reports.
The youths stressed that it is the dream of every Nigerian to have a better country, saying only the presidential candidate of the of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, could achieve this if elected as president in 2023.
The youths said this at its inaugural meeting held at the Tinubu/Shettima campaign office in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Thursday.
The meeting was presided over by the chairman, Directorate of Youths And Students Mobilization, Hon. David Ayodele Asalu, popularly known as Asler, Hon. Goke Akinwemimo, APC youth leader in the state, deputy state youth leader, Mr Ibrahim Wasiu Ayinde, and organising secretary and immediate past youth leader.
Asalu, who stressed the importance of youths in the electoral system, said, “The youth are an important part of the party and essential to the success of the coming presidential election. Part of the assignment ahead of us is to make sure that Osun State, being a Yoruba state contributes massively to the success of the Tinubu/Shettima mandate in the coming polls.”
Addressing the youths, Asalu implored them to bury all hatchets, letting the past remain so.
“I implore you all to forget what happened in the past and it won’t repeat itself. I am assuring you that this time will be different and definitely better. You will all be duly recognized and I will deliver on every of your expectations. I will resign this position, if the youth leaders are not well compensated,” he said.
Asalu rolled out the goals before them as youth directorate of the party, which include “massive publicity for the campaign of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, correcting the negative narratives that naysayers have been portraying of their presidential candidate and his running mate, massively recruit youths and students to buy into the campaign of Ashiwaju Bola Tinubu, becoming door to door canvassers of vote for Tinubu/Shettima success in the coming polls, massive collection of PVCs towards the success of the APC’s presidential candidate.”
Charging the youths of his party ahead of the forthcoming elections, Akinwemimo assured them of corrections to all the mistakes made in the past.
“I know you are aggrieved and rightly so. I assure you of changes to all mistakes made during the July 16, 2022 polls which may have caused some grievances amongst the youth structure of the party,” he said.
In response, the youth leaders representing their different wards expressed their grievances, saying the youth wing of the party was not carried along in the past election which they said is the major reason for the outcome of the July 16 polls in the state.
In an interview with the press, Demola Adeyeye, secretary youth and students Directorate APC Osun, stated that the purpose of the meeting was to have the youth leaders of the party meet and strategize on how to ensure the youth structure works hand-in-hand with the the main body of the party to deliver youth votes towards the success of their presidential candidate in the presidential elections.
Other leaders of the party at the event appealed to the youths to be patient with them saying all their agitations would be pacified and all their requests granted in due time.
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