In line with the directive of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) that campaigns should start on September 28, the All Progressives Congress will on Wednesday kick off its presidential campaign nationwide.
The APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) would begin its campaign with a solidarity march from the PCC office on Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Business District, Abuja, to the Unity Fountain, Maitama.
It was also gathered that necessary logistics had been put in place to ensure that the campaigns take off simultaneously in different regions of the country.
To drive its strategy for electoral victory in the 2023 presidential poll, the APC and its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, unveiled a 422-man committee comprising political heavyweights and other notable members to pilot the various sub-committees of the campaign council.
The list of members was released on Friday by the Secretary, Presidential Campaign Council, Rt. Hon James Abiodun Faleke, in Abuja, followed a series of postponements and conjectures about those who would be saddled with the task of leading the ruling party’s bid to retain power at the federal level.
The Campaign Council chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, has the Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, as Co-Deputy Chairmen.
Also on the PCC are APC governors, ministers, lawmakers, ambassadors as well as serving and past public office holders.
Zonal and state coordinators, advisers, campaign patrons, directors, deputy directors and secretaries of directorates were also named.
The sub-committees include media and publicity; support group coordination; national youth mobilisation; parliamentarian; trade and economic; agriculturists/commodities; campaign planning; civil societies; Diaspora directorate; election planning and monitoring; finance; fund raising; and humanitarian/social.
Others are ICT/data management; intelligence and security; labour; logistics and support service; medicals; policy research and strategy; protocol and events, and others.
However, the names of many party stalwarts were conspicuously missing from the campaign council, some of whom have flayed Tinubu over his preference for the contentious Muslim-Muslim ticket.
Speaking to journalists in Kano on Saturday, Dan’Agundi, who is the Managing Director, Kano Road Traffic Management Agency, said the APC presidential candidate had what it takes to tackle issues of insecurity and unemployment, among others.
The former majority leader of the Kano State House of Assembly contended that Tinubu had a good track record and pedigree, noting that the campaign council would showcase the stuff the candidate was made of.
He stated, “We will focus on issue-based campaigns because we have more than 1,001 things to show about our candidate and what he has done, because he has a track record and pedigree.
“So, I advise our followers to focus on these instead of joining baseless issues with others, who write some sort of irresponsible things.
“One of the most important issues is security. Lagos has been secure since the time of Bola Tinubu. The only time we heard about a problem was during #EndSARs and then it was a nationwide issue. The foundation he laid on security is what is being enjoyed in the state.
