Members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) who identify as individuals with disabilities called on Nigerians on Friday not to be influenced by political parties that take advantage of religious cracks and a cloud of division to campaign in the 2023 general election.
This information was made known in a statement by Tolu Bankole, the national leader of the APC PWDs, following their monthly media discussion on Friday in Abuja.
According to Bankole, the country shouldn’t pass up the chance to support the APC’s tried-and-true candidates in the elections of 2023, who also noted that this was the most trustworthy choice for Nigeria.
The statement reads partly, ‘This is why I think all patriotic citizens of Nigeria must look beyond those using the smokescreen of divisive campaigns and religious fault lines by voting for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima of the APC for the presidency in the next year’s election.’
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He further added; ‘APC is the only party with the best presidential offer. The combination of Tinubu and Shettima meets the twin central nerve of transformational leadership which are competence and character. I mentioned competence because both are experienced private sector technocrats merged with astute public service legacies as sterling governors and distinguished senators of Lagos and Borno states respectively.
‘They have the character because Nigeria is at a crossroads to sustain the gains of the ongoing monumental infrastructural revolution and urgently rally the human and non-human resources to tame emerging challenges confronting the country.”
‘The duo of Tinubu and Shettima fit the mole from their track records of innovative approaches to developmental and security issues in the public domain.
‘The nation must not gamble with her choice of leadership at this critical stage in history’ he stated.
In his speech, Bankole urged Nigerians to not pass up the chance to support the APC’s tried-and-true candidates in the upcoming elections, calling it the country’s most reliable choice.
He went on to assert that the election is crucial for Nigeria’s development and long-term survival.
According to Bankole, being silent at this crucial time could be considered as willful undermining and betrayal to a leader who guided the nation during one of the most challenging times in human history—a global epidemic.
Thus, he made an urgent and patriotic call to all citizens with impairments to obtain Personal Voters Cards and prepare to cast their ballots for the APC at all levels in the upcoming general elections in 2023.
