2023: Labour Party Begins Membership Sensitisation Drive in Lagos State
- Labour Party leaders have commenced mobnilisation in Lagos state ahead of the 2023 general elections
- The party leaders in the state noted that the move is geared towards aligning all the support groups to have one expected goal
- The party is regarded is one of the fastest growing political platforms in the country since Peter Obi joined to contest for presidency
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Lagos - The Labour Party (LP) on Thursday, July 21 kicked off voters, support groups, and membership sensitisation drive in Lagos state.
The sensitisation, it said, was to galvanise more supporters and members for the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and other candidates ahead of the 2023 general elections.
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The deputy national chairman of the party, Bashiru Apapa, at an interactive session in Lagos with various support groups and leaders, called for synergy and unity to deliver the state for Obi and all LP candidates in 2023.
Apapa said there was need for coordination of all support groups for Obi’s presidential ambition so as to achieve the objectives of enthroning him.
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On his part, the national legal adviser of LP, Akingbade Oyelegan, said:
“The problem we have before now is the fact that some of the support groups do not want to align with the Coalition for Peter Obi.”
Also speaking, Adeyinka Adetokunbo-Azubuike, the zonal Director, mobilisation and logistics (southwest) Coalition for Peter Obi, who noted that there were 41 support groups for Obi in the zone, said all groups needed each other to succeed.
He said:
“This is a harmonisation move and sensitisation on Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC). The Coalition for Peter Obi is one body that is housing all support groups that are out to campaign for Obi. We are 100 per cent sure Peter Obi will win.”
Labour Party is a big movement in Rivers state - Party leader
As Labour Party continues its sensitisation drive nationwide, Peter Amadi, one of the party's leaders in Port Harcourt, told Legit.ng in an interview that LP is the party to beat in Rivers state.
His words:
“I can tell you for sure that Labour Party has taken over Rivers state. Our members are everywhere in the state, down to the ward level.
“You need to see the number of people that have been attending our town hall meetings. The organisers did not anticipate the level of turn out. The number of persons outside the halls are usually twice the number of people inside.
“We are ready for the 2023 general elections and we will deliver Rivers state to Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed.”
2023: Peter Obi has wide acceptability in northern Nigeria, says Iliya
On her part, Labour Party deputy national chairman Ladi Iliya says Obi has wide acceptability in northern Nigeria just as his counterparts in the Peoples Democratic Party and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Iliya further said that Obi will revamp the economy of the country and address its security challenges if elected president in 2023.
She disclosed this on Thursday, July 21 in Jos, Plateau state, during a one-day mobilisation and sensitisation meeting with critical stakeholders and Labour Party support groups as well as the establishment of a link between support groups and the Nigeria Labour Congress.
2023: Young girl donates her savings to Peter Obi's campaign
Meanwhile, a young Nigerian girl, Covenant Onyebuchi on Tuesday, July 12 donated her savings to Obi ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Obi who was in Enugu for a live interview on a radio station was accosted by the girl while he was about departing.
The video of the girl presenting the money to Obi has gone viral on social media.
Source: Legit.ng
