December 19, (THEWILL) – The APC Deputy Director, Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Council in Cross River State, Dr. Julius Okputu, said the South South Zone of the country is ready to host its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He disclosed this in Calabar while speaking on the preparations to host the APC presidential candidate.
Dr. Okputu, who doubles as the Chairman, Media/Publicity Committee of the LOC for the town hall meeting, said the state has put in so much for the visit of the presidential flag bearer, and the people of the zone will present their agenda during the meeting.
“We are fully prepared for Asiwaju’s visit to Calabar for a town hall meeting with the people of South South Nigeria.
“Preparations are in top gear to give a warm welcome to our presidential candidate, Ahmed Tinubu, who will join us on Tuesday, in a town hall meeting with the people of South South.
“The state has so much to put in place for the incoming president to implement, especially in the area of agro-industrialization, job creation, robust manufacturing and sustained innovation, establish a national security architecture to obliterate terror, banditry, Kidnapping among others.
“Our expectation is that the South South would have something to present in their agenda,” Okputu maintained.
He described Tinubu as a man with a track record, who governed Lagos state with policies and initiatives that branded and separated the state from the ordinary Nigerian box.
He stressed that with Tinubu at the helm of affairs, Nigeria would be great once again.
Okputu said that the APC presidential candidate and his deputy are the only capable hands to revamp the economy of the nation in 2023 and urged well-meaning Nigerians, not to hesitate to cast their votes in favour of the APC presidential candidate.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu alongside his running mate, Ibrahim Shetimma, are expected to engage stakeholders in the region and unfold their programmes and agenda to the people.
The town hall meeting is scheduled to take place at the Cultural Centre Complex in Calabar and will be graced by the leader of the Zone in the APC and Governor of Cross River State, Professor Ben Ayade.
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