*Report by Mudasir Opeyemi
Former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has described the Tinubu-Shettima joint ticket as “Iron-cast and the most dependable” that Nigeria needs at this critical period.
Daniel who is also the Ogun East Senatorial candidate of APC made this assertion over the weekend during the first brainstorming session of the Ogun State Chapter of the Tinubu-Shettima Grassroots Independent Campaign Council (TSGICC) held at the Conference Hotel Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The former governor expressed optimism on the prospect of a more economically vibrant and equitable Nigeria under the presidency of Tinubu-Shettima joint ticket.
“Tinubu-Shettima ticket is an Iron-cast, dependable and reassuring based on the antecedents of both candidates in public office at different times since the beginning of the fourth republic,” he said this in a statement signed by Gboyega Okegbenro, Director,Media and Communications, TSGICC
“The 2023 election is going to be different in all shapes and forms. Campaigns can no longer be mere singing, dancing and colourful regalia.
“As a veteran and master strategist, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu understands this, hence his charge to the various state chapters of the ICCG to focus on rural communication, with the flotsams and jetsams of our communities nationwide.”
Gbenga charged members of the group to reach out to the rural areas adding that the group has since it’s formation hit the ground running with a highly strategic and multi-level engagement especially with the grassroots voters.
“The body already hit the ground running in Ogun State with a highly strategic, multi-level engagements with the grassroots voters, youths and elderly citizens in various communities of the state.
“It’s work and work deep down into the consciousness of young and down-trodden voters at the grassroots,” he admonished
Speaking,the former Senator of Ogun Central Senatorial District, Senator Olugbenga Obadara highlighted the need for the concerned stakeholders of the party to come together and speak with one voice.
He said the main focus should be on the party, APC and all it’s candidates in the forthcoming election.
He said: “From the get-go,our focus shall be on the party, APC and its candidates in all elections all over the state.
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“Asiwaju and Shettima remain the core agenda. But our deployment strategy would be all embracing when we roll out fully. We shall be engaging all residents in all parts of Ogun State.
“From the Presidential to the state assembly slots, APC is one and we shall work as one to record 100 percent results come February 2023.”
Some of the stakeholders present at the meeting include Rt. Hon. Titi Oseri, former speaker, Ogun State House of Assembly; Mrs. Jokotade Odebunmi, former commissioner, Women Affairs, Ogun State; Otunba Fatai Sowemimo, former commissioner for youth & sports, Ogun State; Hon. John Obafemi; General Olumuyiwa Okunowo (rtd);Alhaji Adewale Adeogun; Hon. Kazeem Salako; and Mr. Soji Bankole.