The Tinubu-Shettima Independent Campaign Council (ICC) in Bayelsa State has launched a door-to-door, hamlet-to-hamlet, and neighborhood-to-neighbourhood (DDHHNN) campaign for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his running mate, Kashim Shettima.
The state chairman of the council, Prince Preye Aganaba, stated that the unique approach was launched to spread the gospel of Tinubu’s competence, capacity, fitness, and experience throughout Bayelsa.
Aganaba said the campaign approach would also help to correct misinformation, half-truths, and outright lies against Tinubu when he led members of the state ICC to visit a former Bayelsa deputy governor, Werinipre Seibarugu, in Yenagoa over the weekend.
He stated that their findings revealed that those opposed to Tinubu had not met him personally and had relied solely on lies told to them by opposition political leaders.
According to Aganaba: “Our conviction springs from the fact that nobody will know the character, personality and competence of Tinubu without calling on him to lead this country. Nobody will know his qualities without falling in love with his leadership style.
“We believe that people must be informed so that they will stop speaking and acting out of ignorance. That is why we believe that we must meet people one-on-one to help them understand the person of Asiwaju and join the winning train.”
The ICC, according to Aganaba, was formed to supplement the efforts of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), with a mandate to solicit votes at the grassroots and sensitize voters in order to increase the APC’s support base.
He stated: “The Bayelsa State secretariat of the Tinubu/Shettima Grassroots Independent Campaign Council is up and running with state and ward coordinators already inaugurated.
“We are focused on increasing the healthy support base of our presidential candidate and canvassing for votes in the rural areas ahead of the February 25th presidential and National Assembly elections.
Aganaba described Tinubu as “easy to sell” and said the APC had been blessed with a presidential candidate “who is savvy in governance with a plethora of outstanding projects to point to.”
“In the 2023 general elections, the APC aims to capture more states and win more seats in the Senate, House of Representatives, and state house of assemblies, and the ICC will complement that effort with a vigorous grassroots campaign for the Tinubu/Shettima ticket,” he said.
