2023: APC lucky to have popular presidential candidate – Shittu

Former Minister of Communications, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu, said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was very lucky to have a salable Presidential flagbearer for the 2023 election.

Shittu, who is the Director-General of Asiwaju Tinubu Presidential Campaign Organisation (ATPCO), made the statement at the inauguration of ‘Jagaban/Shettima Local Government Voluntary Representatives Forum’ and its First National Meeting, held in Abuja.

He said that the emergence of Tinubu as the presidential candidate of APC was the best thing that happened to the party in view of the current challenges bedeviling the country.

Shittu said the performances of Tinubu when he was the Lagos State Governor were enough testimony to convince Nigerians that ”he is the best candidate for presidency.”

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According to him, before Tinubu became the Lagos State Governor in 1999, the Internally Generated Revenue of the state was N700 million per month and within two years he turned it to N50 billion monthly.

He also said that Tinubu introduced compulsory free primary and secondary education in Lagos, including payment of West Africa Examination Council and National Examination Council (NECO) for all residents of Lagos, irrespective of ethic nationality without discrimination.

”I told a lot of our leaders that we are very lucky in All Progressives Congress (APC), because, we  have a salable candidate.

”We are lucky, we have a salable candidate, as Director-General of Tinubu Campaign Organisation, I am excited by the enormous support that people are giving to Tinubu all over the country.

”More often than not, people struggle to belong as if the struggle is for ticket to go to paradise,” he said.

The ex-Minister commended the group for sacrificing their energy and resources to put together  Tinubu support organizations with membership across the country.

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