October 10, (THEWILL) – The women’s wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is set to inaugurate the Tinubu-Shettima Women Presidential Campaign Team.
The event, which is happening at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, has assembled bigwigs of the party from across the country, including President Muhammadu Buhari, who is being represented by his Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari.
Also at the event are the presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima; the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu; First Lady Aisha Buhari; the wives of the candidate and his running mate, Senator Remi Tinubu and Mrs Nana Shettima.
Others are the Chairman of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Governor Simon Lalong; Governors Hope Uzodinma (Imo); Abdullahi Ganduje; Women Leader of the APC, Beta Edu; other leaders of the party; National Assembly members and others.
Led by its grand patron, First Lady, Aisha Buhari, the Tinubu/Shettima Women Presidential Campaign Team, is expected to play a key role in the Party’s quest for victory in the 2023 elections.
The Team also included Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of the Party’s Presidential candidate; and Nana Shettima, the wife of the APC’s vice-presidential candidate. They will be serving as chairman and co-chairman of the women’s campaign team respectively.
Also, Rinsola Abiola, daughter of late Chief MKO Abiola, has also been named in the media and administrative committees of the women’s campaign team.
Asabe Villita Bashir, a former Member of the House of Representatives from Borno State will serve as national coordinator, while Lauretta Onochie, a prominent woman within the APC and a senior aide in the Presidency, will deputise her.
The women’s campaign team in the North-West Zone will be coordinated by Dr Zainab Bagudu, wife of the Kebbi State governor, while Mrs Falmata Zulum, the first lady of Borno State, will be in charge of the Northeast.
In a similar vein, Olufolake Abdulrazaq, the first lady of Kwara State, will coordinate efforts in the North-Central and Mrs Sanwoolu, wife of the Lagos State governor, will superintend over the South-West.
The First Lady of Imo State, Chioma Ikeaka-Uzodinma will also coordinate the South-East while Linda Ayade, wife of the Cross River state governor, will spearhead the women’s campaign in the South-South.
All governors’ wives are to serve as state coordinators in APC states, while notable APC women such as Florence Ajimobi, widow of the former governor of Oyo State and Zainab Ibrahim, the APC Deputy National Women Leader, among others, were chosen to coordinate activities in states not controlled by the APC.
The administrative committee is led by Hon. Wahab Alawiye-King, an influential Lagos politician and close associate of Oluremi Tinubu, also doubles as the chairman of the committee on strategic planning.
Also heading the committee on operations and logistics is Senator Fatima Raji-Rasaki while Sarafa Modele-Yusuf, a seasoned media practitioner, is to head the Media and Strategic Communications committee.
The Finance and Special Duties committee is to be headed by the former deputy governor of Lagos state and Senior Special Assistant to the President, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, while the Diaspora Mobilisation Committee is to be chaired by none other than Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
The Creative and Entertainment Industry also has the seasoned screen diva, Joke Silva as its chairman, and includes other members such as Toyin Adegbola, Esther Wright, Rose Odika and Hadiza Kabara, among others.
The Directorate of Contact and Mobilisation has 944 members including Hon. Tolulope Akande Sadipe, Hon. Rekiya Yahaya, Zainab Ikaz-Kassim, among others.
The list also contains volunteers including Zahra Buhari, Hafsa Umar Shinkafi, Ahmed Indimi, Mairo Bulama Idris, Aisha Ahmed Jika and others.
