2027: APC to commission centre to rally youth votes for Tinubu

Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, the National Youth Wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has opened a dedicated centre in Abuja to rally young men and women for a fresh mandate for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

National Youth Leader of the party, Honourable Dayo Israel, who took journalists round the centre on Wednesday, said it will be used to impart knowledge in skill acquisition and the empowerment of the young population in Nigeria.

Honourable Israel revealed that the centre, which consists of a membership enrichment team, students’ wing, training wing, various training halls, studio, sports centre, podcast room, data room, among others, aims to make the APC appealing to Nigerian youth nationwide.

He said, “I think the reality is that there is no institution that is rising as fast as the APC National Youth Wing. This, where you are sitting now today, is an example. We are prepared. The youth of our party are now ready to take things on.

“What we have here is equivalent to some political parties’ national secretariats. It shows the importance of us, the Youth Wing of the APC, and how we want to be ready for the 2027 election.

“We are not scared of anybody. We say to them, bring it on. We will show you that our President has done so much that we will now begin to project and communicate in a way the youth understand, to ensure that the Nigerian youth can appreciate the effort and the work of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“So we are not intimidated by anybody. We are here to actually intimidate them and show them that APC Youth Wing, we stand gidi-gbah.”

On what the centre will do while rallying support for President Tinubu’s re-election, the Youth Leader said: “We talked about having an online mall where you get discounts. We are talking about having training, building capacities, and focusing on how to improve the life of every individual and connecting them to the opportunities at the centre and in the government. And opening the eyes of our government, as well as the administration from the national to the state level, to what the concerns of the people are.

“You would agree that things like the student loan, for example, are helping to alleviate educational poverty for some families. We have also realised that a lot of people have not harnessed that opportunity and that platform. We are also going to be here, through our media department, pushing the agenda and the activities of the administration.”

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