…says they enjoy wide acceptance in northern Nig
…insists we’ve maintained the cleanest campaign so far
Chairman of National Conscience Party, NCP and spokesperson of Third Force, Dr Yunusa Tanko has said the Obi/Datti ticket of the Labour Party have what it takes to double the 15million votes garnered by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 to change the Nigerian political narrative.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Dr Tanko made this disclosure in a webinar organized by the Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and Democracy… Obi/Datti Presidency Project, late Sunday night with vivid analysis pointing to the preparedness of Labour Party to unseat the ruling APC.
Tanko in his presentation stated that from Labour Party’s projections, Buhari’s 2019 will be doubled with little or no stress as the Obi/Datti support base is in the youths.
Tanko explained that his presentation is in three perspectives bordering on how we started, where we are and our focus.
He said for the past 15 months the labour movement started but had been in the struggle for over three decades right from the days of Dan Nwanyanwu down to the present chairman, Comrade Julius Abure and our Hon Secretary, Umar Farouk.
“This is the first time that the labour movement is well coordinated towards a common purpose and common interest and this should be well encouraged to get the desired results.
“The TUC, NLC and trade unions across Nigeria are well enmeshed into this movement and there’s urgent need for proper cohesion.
“By May 2022 Peter Obi joined the movement primarily to give back government to the youths and galvanise Nigeria into a productive nation and not a consumer nation.
” I just arrived from a sensitisation tour of the North West with our Hon Secretary where we discovered the massive support for the Obi/Datti ticket as this was an opener considering our findings in the seat of the caliphate, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano and Kebbi.
“Our findings were astonishing as we discovered that the support cuts across the core northern states of Nigeria.
He explained that “when we got to Sokoto the only standing billboard was that of Obi/Datti When we got to sokoto one the major billboard is Peter/ Datti standing while some are destroyed signifying acceptance of the Obi/datti candidacy.
“By the time we finished the sensitisation program in Sokoto, a physically challenged lady, by name Aisha wept uncontrollably that she’s going to support the Obi/Datti ticket with her vote.
“Just imagine what the outlook will be if all the physically challenged persons in the zone mobilise themselves to support us.
“The man galvanising the Sokoto axis is Comrade Ikenna Ikeagwu, a Pharmacist who resides in Sokoto, he really deserves commendation for all his efforts.
Tanko further buttressed that “on a daily basis people register on our website and the numbers are in multitudes across Nigeria and in the diaspora.
“We have more than 150 support groups across Nigeria and they’re broken down into different groups across various endeavours.
” We have the intellectual, financial, volunteer, central groups working day and night to ensure victory is attainable next year.
On 2023 projections:
“The 2023 elections is close by and we have the youths behind us and the figures are looking up towards as the recently released figures of newly registered voters in 2022 are 12million with youths having 71percent which represents 8.7m youths between the age of 18 – 34 years.
“Out of 2022 registration, in Kano had 569,000, Lagos 585,639, Rivers 473,974.
“These are verifiable figures in the public domain that can be cross checked by anybody.
“The catch here is that we can’t match the money bags money for money, intimidation for intimidation but we can match them with a procedure that I can’t disclose here for security reasons.
“There’s an urgent need to arrange the various volunteer groups into a central body for proper coordination to achieve greater results.
“The NLC, TUC, the various critical stakeholders, now is the time to collapse all into a central group because we all have a home now.
“So far so good we have the cleanest campaign approach strategy and this we must maintain and by God’s grace victory will be ours in 2023.
Other participants at the webinar and speakers include Professor Eddie Oparaji, a former NADECO chieftain and convener of Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and Democracy… Obi/Datti Presidency, Moderators: Chijike Ndukwu and Dr Jude Iheoma.