Northern youths to mobilise 20m votes for Osinbajo in 2023

A coalition of Northern youths has launched a campaign in Kano State to galvanise support for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo ahead of the 2023 presidential election.

Under the auspices of the Osinbajo Awareness Campaign (OAC), the group unveiled a platform to mobilise 20 million youths across the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in solidarity with the VP as the only trusted candidate to continue with President Muhammadu Buhari’s policies.

Speaking at the launch of its Kano secretariat and campaign vehicles, the National Coordinator of OAC, Mubarak Haruna, declared that Nigeria needed the calibre of highly patriotic and genuinely detribalised leaders that could drive the country to greater heights.

He explained that while other pro-Osinbajo platforms, including The Progressive Project (TPP) and Progressive Consolidation Group (PCG) focus on the general population, OAC would mobilise 20 million youth across various political backgrounds in the 19 Northern states.

Although Haruna disclosed that the number two citizen had not considered throwing his hat in the ring, he declared the group’s readiness to drive an intensive campaign across the North and drum support for his candidacy come 2023.

According to him, Osinbajo has demonstrated competence and loyalty to manage a complex entity like Nigeria, citing his diligence in stabilising the nation’s economy while holding a brief for Buhari.

He pointed out that Osinbajo’s pragmatic demonstration of commitment to progressive ideals, honesty and people-focused leadership were glaring in the Buhari administration’s social empowerment programme, including Conditional Cash Transfer and TraderMoni, where several lives of poor and less privileged Nigerians were positively touched.

Besides the mobilisation, Haruna disclosed that the group would soon start collecting public opinion and data towards setting grassroots-oriented public agenda for the Osinbajo presidential project.