Tag: Campaign Council

  • Health issue not problem to Tinubu’s presidential bid – Campaign council

    Health issue not problem to Tinubu’s presidential bid – Campaign council

    A member of All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Adeboye Adebayo, on Wednesday, allayed fears over the physical and health status of the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu.

    Adebayo, who doubles as the National Director, Media and Publicity, Asiwaju Project Beyond 2023, spoke at an event tagged, ‘Tinubu Manifesto: Speaking Directly To The People’s Needs & National Challenges,’ held at Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Office in Osogbo, Osun State.

    He also said those planning to use health issues to campaign against Tinubu would fail, saying no health issue can stop the APC presidential candidate who he said was physically and mentally fit to lead the country.

    He said, “We all recall that early this year in January when he declared to contest for that office, Bola Ahmed Tinubu was seen traveling to the nooks and corners of this country campaigning and soliciting for the support of traditional rulers and Nigerians even before the primaries.

    “He is here because he’s mentally alert and his intellect is sound. And don’t forget that up till today he has attended so many town hall meetings and rallies.

    “We need to face issues.  Is the man ready mentally? Does he have the intellectual capacity? Does he understand what we are talking about? Is his speech directed to issues that are happening around him? The answer is Yes.

    “He is medically fit and intellectually capable to lead this country and no issue of health will stop him. Those planning to use health related issues to campaign against him will fail, they have failed already.”

  • Why Osinbajo is Not Part of APC/Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council

    Why Osinbajo is Not Part of APC/Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council

    Minister of State for Employment, Festus Keyamo, who also serves as the spokesperson of the APC Presidential candidate, has given reasons why Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is not on the presidential campaign council of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

    According to the list of 422-member APC Presidential Campaign Council released on Friday, September 23, in Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari is the Chairman of the campaign council that has the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and national chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, as deputy chairman, one and two respectively. 
     
    Nigerians raised eyebrows when Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, who was a presidential aspirant at the last June convention where Tinubu emerged as the flag bearer, was missing from the list.

     In a statement released this afternoon, Keyamo clarified that President Buhari had asked that Osinbajo and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, be excluded from the campaign council so they can focus on the governance of the country and the administration of government.

    Read the statement below

    Buhari asked that he should be left out - Keyamo explains why Osinabjo