Lagos APC remains unbeatable – Tinubu
All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu said on Wednesday that the party in Lagos remains unbeatable.
Mr. Tinubu said this at the Lagos APC Secretariat on Acme Road, Ogba during the party's caucus meeting.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led all members of the State Executive Council to the meeting, which was chaired by Lagos APC President Cornelius Ojelabi.
>Mr. Tinubu said he returned to his political base to meet the stronger Lagos APC family than he left.
According to him, those responsible for administering party affairs after he got rid of the trusteeship did not make him regret his decision to pursue his presidential ambition.
He passed a vote of confidence in Mr Sanwo-Olu and other party leaders for nurturing the APC political apparatus in the state, stressing that the party remained unbeatable in Lagos.
"I left Lagos for Abuja, leaving party members with Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat, Governor's Advisory Council leaders and other party leaders.
"They were the ones who released me to go to Abuja to contest. I left with a lot of doubts and was unsure what the fate of the party would be. I was in constant contact with the Governor and his deputy.
"Sometimes I would call the party chairman and ask if we were doing the right thing in Lagos. The reports they always gave me gave me more courage and confidence to continue my engagement in Lagos. Abuja.
“I thank all our leaders for keeping the party stronger. I have handed you an undefeated platform in Lagos. The way the affairs of the party have been conducted shows that these people have handled the home base fairly Mr. Tinubu said.
He recalled that his journey to securing the party's presidential nomination in Abuja was fraught with uncertainty, but said the support from the Lagos APC leadership had boosted his confidence to move forward. forward and win the primaries.
The party leader said he is in the presidential race to win, but his fate is in the hands of party members, who have to work hard to secure votes for the party at the polls.
Mr. Tinubu urged party supporters to travel to communities in large numbers and solicit voters.
He said work must start with the 57 local council presidents, reaching out to aggrieved grassroots party members, to get more votes for the APC in the general election.< /p>
“Our local government chairs must do better than anyone else to get votes for our party. You have encountered this party already built with structures across communities.
“There may be little cracks here and there, you know what to do. Manage your anger. There is no politics without anger and without pain. But with pain comes the joy of victory.< /p>
"We give you the mission to go back and recruit others. We must forget the opposition, put our efforts on the voters.
"This is the time to reach out to aggrieved members and invite them back home. This is not the time to be angry and turn the tide. We must work together to achieve the biggest goal ahead of us,” Tinubu said.
Mr. Sanwo-Olu said APC in Lagos faces the most critical election as winning the presidency would be the biggest political prize to be won.
He told party supporters not to rest on their oars, but to work for the victory of the party at all levels.
"Asiwaju has done many things for all of us in one form or another. He has come to the same place to support many of us as Governors, Senators, Members of the House of Representatives and House of assembly.
"He has carried out the missions effortlessly for the past 23 years, without asking for anything.
"God has now given us the unique opportunity today for us, for the first time, to also raise our hands as a gift of the best of their class to the whole country.
“I urge all of us to work for the victory of Asiwaju polling station by polling station, ward by ward and local government by local government,” he said.
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All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu said on Wednesday that the party in Lagos remains unbeatable.
Mr. Tinubu said this at the Lagos APC Secretariat on Acme Road, Ogba during the party's caucus meeting.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led all members of the State Executive Council to the meeting, which was chaired by Lagos APC President Cornelius Ojelabi.
>Mr. Tinubu said he returned to his political base to meet the stronger Lagos APC family than he left.
According to him, those responsible for administering party affairs after he got rid of the trusteeship did not make him regret his decision to pursue his presidential ambition.
He passed a vote of confidence in Mr Sanwo-Olu and other party leaders for nurturing the APC political apparatus in the state, stressing that the party remained unbeatable in Lagos.
"I left Lagos for Abuja, leaving party members with Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat, Governor's Advisory Council leaders and other party leaders.
"They were the ones who released me to go to Abuja to contest. I left with a lot of doubts and was unsure what the fate of the party would be. I was in constant contact with the Governor and his deputy.
"Sometimes I would call the party chairman and ask if we were doing the right thing in Lagos. The reports they always gave me gave me more courage and confidence to continue my engagement in Lagos. Abuja.
“I thank all our leaders for keeping the party stronger. I have handed you an undefeated platform in Lagos. The way the affairs of the party have been conducted shows that these people have handled the home base fairly Mr. Tinubu said.
He recalled that his journey to securing the party's presidential nomination in Abuja was fraught with uncertainty, but said the support from the Lagos APC leadership had boosted his confidence to move forward. forward and win the primaries.
The party leader said he is in the presidential race to win, but his fate is in the hands of party members, who have to work hard to secure votes for the party at the polls.
Mr. Tinubu urged party supporters to travel to communities in large numbers and solicit voters.
He said work must start with the 57 local council presidents, reaching out to aggrieved grassroots party members, to get more votes for the APC in the general election.< /p>
“Our local government chairs must do better than anyone else to get votes for our party. You have encountered this party already built with structures across communities.
“There may be little cracks here and there, you know what to do. Manage your anger. There is no politics without anger and without pain. But with pain comes the joy of victory.< /p>
"We give you the mission to go back and recruit others. We must forget the opposition, put our efforts on the voters.
"This is the time to reach out to aggrieved members and invite them back home. This is not the time to be angry and turn the tide. We must work together to achieve the biggest goal ahead of us,” Tinubu said.
Mr. Sanwo-Olu said APC in Lagos faces the most critical election as winning the presidency would be the biggest political prize to be won.
He told party supporters not to rest on their oars, but to work for the victory of the party at all levels.
"Asiwaju has done many things for all of us in one form or another. He has come to the same place to support many of us as Governors, Senators, Members of the House of Representatives and House of assembly.
"He has carried out the missions effortlessly for the past 23 years, without asking for anything.
"God has now given us the unique opportunity today for us, for the first time, to also raise our hands as a gift of the best of their class to the whole country.
“I urge all of us to work for the victory of Asiwaju polling station by polling station, ward by ward and local government by local government,” he said.
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