Representatives of over 600 support groups rooting for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, have been trained ahead of the 2023 polls.
The “Tinubu/Shettima Project Beyond 2023” organised the training and capacity-building workshop at the weekend in Abuja.
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The Director General (DG) of the project, Barr Realwan Okpanachi, who spoke with newsmen during the event, said the training was part of an effort to ensure the APC retained power in 2023.
He said, “The 2023 presidential election is going to be unique because we have four major contenders, and we are training over 600 Tinubu support groups to know the achievements of the APC-led government how to go about their campaign and our agenda for the nation going forward.
“The Tinubu/Shettima ticket is a pan-Nigerian project. They represent the kind of leadership we have never had before. This is the first time we shall have a president and a vice president coming from the private sector and with experience in public governance. So the experience is going to be different.
“We are proud of the products we have. So we need to go and preach to Nigerians. Approach the electorate with love; don’t be banditry in nature; don’t join the bandwagon so that in 2023 we will all celebrate Tinubu and Shettima as winners.”
Meanwhile, the DG of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau State, has expressed satisfaction with the merger of various political groups and coalitions to form the “North/South Voter-to-Voter Movement for Tinubu and Shettima”.
Lalong spoke through his Chief of Staff (CoS), Yakubu Dati, when representatives of the groups paid him a courtesy visit to show their support and campaign initiative for the party.