Nigerians in Diaspora will play robust role in my administration, says Tinubu

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said he would robustly engage the services of Nigerians in the Diaspora in his agenda to rapidly develop the nation and resolve the myriad of problems facing it.

Tinubu spoke at the third national convention of the APC, United States of America (USA) chapter held in New Jersey.

The former governor of Lagos State, who was represented at the event by Mr. Dele Alake, the Adviser on Media, Communication and Public Affairs of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, said that he would tap into the expertise of members of APC diaspora and Nigerians in the diaspora for the accelerated development of the country.

He said, “As a former diaspora myself, I know and fully understands the abundance of talents and expertise of Nigerians in the diaspora. I am uniquely positioned, more than any other candidate, to deploy and apply them to nation building.”

Alake informed the convention participants of the high premium the party’s candidate places on APC-USA and that his principal personally instructed that senior members of his media team must show up for the convention.

Alake then introduced his team members of Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity; Mr. Lanre Issa Onilu, Deputy Director of Strategic Communications and Otunba Biodun Ajiboye to the convention.

Also, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, a member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council and the Chairwoman of the Diaspora Women Mobilisation, emphasised the need for women involvement in the campaign and politics. She called for equal opportunity for women, advising women to participate in the political process from bottom up. She advised Nigerians in the diaspora not to lose hope in the fight for diaspora voting.

Prince Ade Omole, the Director, the Diaspora Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, informed the audience that the Tinubu/Shettima ticket is all out for a better Nigeria and for the good of Nigerians, at home and in the Diaspora. He emphasized the direction of the Tinubu/Shettima campaign and made references to the 2023 Renewed Hope (Manifesto), which he described as an Action Plan of the programmes the Tinubu/Shettima administration would implement and deliver to the Nigerian people when elected as president and vice president. Omole assured the convention that Tinubu’s administration will have a robust diaspora inputs and engagements.

He also commended APC-USA for making Tinubu the focus of the convention, promising to carry on the diaspora campaign from USA to other foreign countries.

Speaking on the theme of the convention: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu: the President Nigeria needs at this time, the guest speaker, Professor Olarewaju Fagbohun, extolled the uncommon leadership qualities and vision of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Fagbohun, a former Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), said that Tinubu is the president Nigeria needs at this time to tackle and resolve the myriad of problems confronting it from poverty, insecurity to corruption.

He advised his audience and Nigerians to read his book on Asiwaju, which he believes captured the man Bola Ahmed Tinubu.