Mallam Muktar Tolani Shagaya, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for position of the Federal House of Representatives Member, Asa/ Ilorin West Constituency, on Monday initiated the campaign council directorates to champion the election affairs, campaign activities and to garner votes for the party in the forthcoming 2023 general elections.
Shagaya installed the campaign committee at his Ilorin campaign office.
He said the campaign council had the legitimacy to control the affairs of the committees, revive the morale of the entire teams, and work towards the victory of his election and victory of other candidates of the party in the state and the presidential election.
He further explained that the campaign committee included chieftains of the party who have diligently served the party in one capacity or the other.
He revealed that he holds the committee in high regard and importance and so also the assignment ahead of them.
He also mentioned Honourable Kale Oloje as the Director General of the campaign council and Dr. Abdullahi Ibrahim, the Deputy Director General.
“I am glad to say with a sense of satisfaction that the growing fortunes of the party in Kwara State, under the leadership of His Excellency, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, will no doubt increase our chances of a landslide victory.
“The Directors of the campaign committees were carefully selected owing to your individual abilities and the belief that you will collectively as a committee, and deliver the constituency and the state to our great party. I have no doubt this powerful directors will do us proud and win overwhelmingly for our dear party APC.
“You are enjoined to work as a team and to carry everyone along. You are also recommended to reconcile seeming differences within the party which may have arisen following our primaries, for us to go into the elections as one family.
Shagaya thanked the directors for their zeal and readiness to make contribution and inputs in the campaign committee, reaffirming that the committee could not accommodate everyone, as he has done well to ensure that the committee was a reflection of all interests and groups.
He implored them to focus on issues that would be of advantage to the victory of the party and do away with issues that might cause distraction to the party from the route of electoral victory.
“We should remain resolute, committed, and law-abiding throughout the assignment and beyond.
“I want to charge you all to put in all your efforts during the next few months of the campaign to ensure that our party records resounding victory in all the elections-state-wide,” he said.
Reacting, the DG of the Campaign committee, Honourable Kale Oloje said the victory of the party at the general elections is vested on the commitment and effectiveness of the committee .
Alhaji Issa Amosa, while expressing gratitude for the chance to serve, declared that Shagaya was all standards a pacesetter in developmental issues : “We are confident of our records, nevertheless, it is not in our character to take anything for granted. We know how to plan and strategize.
“Politics for us is not a do-or-die affair. We are up to the task and confident of delivering. Our candidates and party do not have any serious challenges in this election. We are approaching the election as if it is the oxygen we breathe.” He concluded.
The directors who were inaugurated were: Honourable Kale Oloje (Director General); Dr. Abdullahi Ibrahim (Deputy Director General); Mr. Abdulraheem Abdulrauf (Director, Contact, and Mobilisation); Engr. Mumini Yusuf (Director, Electoral and INEC Matters); Alh. Issa Amosa (Director, Elders and Advisory Council); Mr. Basheer Luqman Olarewaju (Director, Media, and Publicity); Mallam Abdulwahab Majeed Temidire (Director, Community Relations); Alhaji Baba Adefalu (Director, Reconciliation and Issues Management); Hon. Jimoh Salami (Director, Logistics); Mr. Adebayo Abdulhakeem (Director, Medical and Welfare); Mrs. Lawal Monsurat Abimbola (Director, Women Affairs), Comr. Saleeman Yusuf Issah (Director, Students Affairs).
Others were: Mr. Saka Ojaiya (Director, Planning, and Organization); Mr. Mashood Rufai (Director, Youth Affairs); Mr. Abdulrazaq Arogunmasa (Director, Transportation); Mr. Abdulrauf Omotosho (Director, Protocol); Honourable Musliu B. (Director, Inter-Party Affairs, [Asa]), Mr. Ibrahim Ahmad (Director, Inter-Party Affairs, [Ilorin West]).