2023: Lagos APC inaugurates campaign council

All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, on Thursday inaugurated a 163- member Campaign Council that would midwife the 2023 general elections for the party’s candidates across board in the state.

The council comprises representatives of all groups existing in the party, including serving and former political office holders in the state.

In his inauguration speech at the party’s secretariat in Ikeja, state Chairman, Hon. Cornelius Ojelabi, said the council should concentrate on issues that would add value to the success of the party in 2023, adding that the members should be resolute, committed and law abiding throughout the assignment.

Ojelabi announced Senator Ganiyu Solomon as Director General of the Council while Ogbooni Fuad Oki appointed Secretary.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Babafemi Hamzat are the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the council respectively.

Ojelabi said that members were nominated to serve in the council based on their knowledge and ability in campaign strategy and election management, adding that the success of the elections rests on the effectiveness of the council.

Speaking further, he said the membership was carefully selected and approved by the party’s highest decision making body, adding that the task before the council was enormous but achievable.

Director General of the Campaign Council, Sen. Ganiyu Solomon, who spoke on behalf of the members, said that they were confident of the governor’s record upon which the party hope to ride to victory in 2023.
Solomon added that the council would not take anything for granted to ensure victory at the poll, adding that Lagosians were not ingrates and would never repay good with evil.

He said: “We are though confident of our record upon which we hope to ride to victory in March 2023, nevertheless, it is not in our character to take anything for granted. Particularly noteworthy is the fact that Lagosians are not ingrates and would never repay good with evil.T hey not only see what our government of APC under Governor Sanwo-Olu, has done and still doing; they can feel them as well.

“Besides, it is not by error that we are identified as the progressives. We are known to plan, strategise and build sufficient safety into our assumptions, just so there is always an ace to fall back on, whenever the battle gets tougher. Regardless, politics, for us, is not a do-or-die affair.”

Solomon said that members of the council were up to the task and that they were confident of delivering victory to the party in 2023.