The Nigerian Volunteer Coalition Groups (NVCG) says if Sen. Bola Tinubu emerges President in 2023, Nigerian masses will smile considering the former governor’s antecedents of love for the poor and the vulnerable.
Tinubu is one of the leading presidential aspirant on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) aspiring to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
The event, which brought together coordinators of various volunteer groups within APC, was to endorse Tinubu Presidential ambition in 2023.
The Chairman of NVCG, Mr Kabiru Folohunsho said that Tinubu had impacted so many people across the federation from the North to the South and possessed wisdom, competence and capacity to lead the nation into prosperity.
“Volunteer groups are huge in number. We are with Asiwaju Tinubu. The Nigeria Volunteer Coalition of Coordinators to endorse Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for 2023.
“We are working underneath to bring into fruition Tinubu’s Presidential ambition. We belong to APC. We want all our members to enjoy dividends of group.
“Volunteer groups have become so big. We have the votes. We want to mobilise for Tinubu from door to door and street to street,” Folohunsho said.
He said that the coalition was not interested in food or other selfish gratifications but in good governance and political slots for its members to contribute their quotas to the national development.
Mrs Abiodun Osiga, the Organising Secretary, NVCG said that Tinubu’s life had affected the entire nation, especially the masses, saying with him at the helms of affairs, the poor would laugh.
Also, Pastor Joy Okupe, Coordinator, Peculiar People’s Mandate, said since politics was a game of number, the coalition was ready to mobilise various groups for Tinubu’s ambition.
“I have organised buses to mobilise people for the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). We have been organising people to make sure they have their PVCs,” Okupe said.
In her remarks, the Iyaloja General of Nigeria, Chief Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, who was represented by Alhaji Halimatu Obani, described the endorsement of Tinubu’s Presidential ambition as laudable, saying “this is needful in the current situation in Nigeria now”.
The iyaloja general, who is the Mother of the Day, said that Tinubu’s Presidency would provide adequate opportunities for women, youths, people living with disabilities among others.
“Tinubu is the man of the people. He is the man of the old, of the young, women and men. We want this volunteer coalition groups to continue to mobilise for Asiwaju Tinubu,” she said.
The highlight of the event was the special prayers for Tinubu and his presidential ambition.
