Buhari gave the charge on Monday while speaking at the inauguration of the Tinubu-Shettima women presidential campaign team in Abuja.
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has asked members of his All Progressives Congress (APC) to develop strategies to ensure that the ruling party wins the 2023 general elections as there is “no alternative” to the party’s victory.
Buhari gave the charge on Monday while speaking at the inauguration of the Tinubu-Shettima women presidential campaign team in Abuja.
Represented by his chief of staff, Ibrahim Gambari, President Buhari said the inauguration of the APC women campaign team was a very important component of the party’s activities for the general elections.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted President Buhari as saying that “To this end, I call on all members of this committee to take on this great responsibility as a testament of your selfless service to the APC.
“I strongly believe that this committee will take the APC to greater heights by developing and implementing a collective and inclusive party strategy to ensure APC victory in the 2023 election, because there is no alternative to our victory.”
He further advised the campaign team not to limit their activities to Abuja, but extend it to all the LGAs in the country, adding that women had remained the “most supportive” group in his mission for a better Nigeria, while urging them to work for the victory of Bola Tinubu, APC presidential candidate.
“The mission that lies ahead for the committee is very clear, and time is not on your side. As this launch is being hosted in Abuja, we must remember that the real work lies in far places, away from Abuja.
”The task at hand lies in over 1,000 wards, and 774 local governments across the country where a party faithful will have to make a case before fellow citizens on our party’s candidate by articulating the vision and the programme for the country.
”The campaign should therefore resist the temptation for it to be turned into an Abuja activity.
“Throughout my political journey and my tenure, as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, women have remained the most loyal, the most supportive group in my mission for a better Nigeria.”