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‘A lion isn’t threatened by rats’ noise’, APC youth leader tells Obi’s supporters

Consider Tinubu’s presidency as your own, Dayo Israel tells Nigerian youths

Dayo Israel, national youth leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says a lion is not threatened by the noise of rats in its backyard.

Israel said this in reference to the seeming upsurge in the number of youths mobilising support for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party.

The APC youth leader spoke at the inauguration of the national taskforce for the registration and revalidation of youth-led and youth focused groups ahead of the 2023 general election.

He said: “Let me announce to everybody that the APC youth wing is like a lion that has risen to roar and we will not be defeated. You must understand that we have continued as a party to play our part and the youth wing of the party has continued to rise to the occasion to mobilise the young people of our generation.

“While we are not threatened, we are not sitting on our hands, we are taking responsibility and that’s why we have this dynamic crop of young people who are passionate about change, because we believe that the future of the party belongs to us.

“We want to document all our support groups. We will then begin to create programmes and activities for them. We’re going to train them, we’re going to give them skills. We’re going to work with them to ensure that all the various support groups are delivering in their various zones.”

Israel said he APC was already in the mood for victory as it is going to the 2023 polls from the standpoint of a winner.

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According to him, with the support of the over 120 million Nigerian youth and students in addition to others from traders, bankers, educators, politicians and so on, victory is certain for the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu and every flag bearer of the party at different levels.

“This taskforce has been mandated to coordinate the registration and revalidation exercise of all youth/student focused and youth led support groups into a recognisable structure strongly aligned with the objectives and strategic imperatives of the National Working Committee, under the distinguished leadership of H.E. Senator Adamu Abdullahi.

“The revalidation of the affiliated youth/student support groups will be opened for a period of one month starting from Friday, July 1, through July 31, would also enable effective coordination, disciplined harmonisation of activities in alignment with the party’s goals, aid provision and accountability, as well as efficient management and enhanced operations,” the APC youth leader said.

The has Ben Duntoye, the former Kwara State Commissioner for Information and Jamaldeen Kabir, APC deputy national youth leader as co-chairmen, Rinsola Abiola; Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Federal Commissioner/CEO, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons; Ginika Tor, Commissioner, Federal Character Commission, amongst others as members.