…Says artisans, technicians will deliver 5.3m to APC candidate
A former Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Sanusi Garba Rikiji, has launched a strategic Voting Pattern adopted by the Nigerian Artisans and Technicians tagged: “Operations 30:30”, to mobilise support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima ahead of next year’s election.
Rikiji, the Co-Director and North-West Zonal Director of Artisans and Technicians Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), also donated a magnificent building in the heart of Abuja’s Central Business District, CBD, as campaign office for the support of Tinubu/Shettima presidential ambition.
Speaking to journalists during the inauguration of the National and Zonal Directorates of Artisans and Technicians of APC PCC and launch of Operations 30:30 for Tinubu-Shettima 2023, which was attended by thousands of artisans and technicians from different sectors across the country, in Abuja, Rt. Hon. Rikiji promised to mobilise artisans and technicians in Nigeria for Tinubu and Shettima.
Rikiji, who described Tinubu as the best among all the presidential candidates, said he will work with other leaders of the directorate and APC leaders and members to mobilise all artisans and technicians in the country to deliver 5.3million votes for Tinubu and Shettima in next year’s presidential poll.
He said the launching of the National and Zonal Directorates of Artisans and Technicians of the APC Presidential Campaign Council was the first in the country’s democratic history, noting that this was so because for the first time, artisans and technicians were noticed by a political party and a whole directorate was created to bring them together from across the country by the ruling All Progressives Congress.
Speaking on why artisans and technicians are supporting the APC presidential candidate, Rikiji, described Asiwaju Tinubu as a man endowed with natural talent and initiative, adding that he (Tinubu) knew that developing artisans and technicians would increase employment and address issues of insecurity in the country.
He said: “Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a detribilised Nigerian and he deserves to win the 2023 presidential election and Insha Allah, we should make it happens. Our presidential candidate in his zeal to grow the economy realised that the starting point of developing the economy, improving productivity and production in this country starts from artisans and technicians,” he said.
“Nigerian Artisans and Technicians have a very huge membership base and if properly managed and adequately catered for by the government, will not only contributes to the GDP of Nigeria but will also curb the menace of unemployment and social security and also help improve Nigeria’s economy.”
While commissioning the building he donated to the APC presidential campaign, Rt. Hon. Rikiji, a House of Representatives candidate in Zamfara State, affirmed that the informal sector would be a major stakeholder in the government of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and play a key role in its policy formation if elected as the next president.
In his address, the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, said improving the skills of registered artisans and technicians across the country will be one of Tinubu’s priorities if elected as Nigeria’s next president in 2023.
Lalong, who was represented by the National Coordinator of APC Tinubu/Shettima Grassroots Independent Campaign Council (ICC), Mr. Silas Agara, explained that Operation 30:30 for Tinubu/Shettima 2023, was a strategic voting pattern adopted by Nigerian artisans and technicians for 2023 presidential election.
Also speaking, a former APC governorship candidate in Anambra State, Senator Andy Uba, said Asiwaju Tinubu based on his track record is the best among all the presidential candidates and urged Nigerians to elect him in next year’s poll.
He said the coming together of artisans and technicians to drum support for Tinubu/Shettima’s candidacy showed the togetherness of the people.
“Look at his track records and what he has done in Lagos State. Whether you are Yoruba, Hausa or Igbo, everybody is together there (Lagos). Things are going on fine. Majority of the people he (Tinubu) appointed into positions, he doesn’t know them,” he said.
