President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Women’s presidential campaign Team to work hard towards ensuring victory for the party in the 2023 general elections.
The president, who made the call at the inauguration of the APC Women’s team in Abuja yesterday, said the call had become imperative because there was no alternative to APC electoral victory in the 2023 presidential election.
Buhari, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, enjoined members of the team to take the party to greater heights by developing and implementing a collective and inclusive party strategy for smooth victory in the elections.
He described the inauguration of the APC women’s presidential campaign committee as the most crucial component of the 2023 campaign. The president, who congratulated all members of the committee and the leadership of the party on the laudable initiative, wished the team a successful campaign season. He, however, warned that the team must always be guided by the fact that their mission would involve going around the whole wards in the 774 local government areas of the Federation campaigning for the party.
The president also lauded the Nigerian women for their sacrifices and loyalty to the party, saying, “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”. He, therefore, charged the women to extend the same support he had been enjoying from them to the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and the vice-presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, as well as other APC candidates during and after the 2023 general elections.
He also directed the Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF) and Minister of Justice, in conjunction with the Minister of Women Affairs, to work closely with the office of the First Lady and the National Assembly to ensure the passage of legislative Bills aimed at creating a level-playing field for Nigerian women.
The APC Women presidential campaign team is headed by the wife of the President, A’isha Buhari.
