Hon. Dayo Israel, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Youth Leader, has inspired a renewed commitment to the party’s triumph in the Feb 25 general elections with visits of Taraba, Benue, and Niger States, to complete the region’s nationwide youth mobilisation tour.
A press statement by the office of the National Youth leader on Thursday, where he embarked on a conclusive lap of the North-Central tour which began last week, with so many hours drive to Taraba State from Gombe State, where the youth and party executive committee members garnered support for the party and charged stakeholders to mobilise votes for its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and other candidates flying the party’s flag at the polls.
The National Youth Leader also inaugurated the state division of the Jagaban Footsoldiers Movement alongside its various directorates, just as he did in all the states he visited since the formal inauguration of the APC National Youth Wing Campaign Council in Kaduna State.
The APC chieftain encouraged members of the movement, particularly those in the directorates overseeing grassroots mobilisation and media engagements, to effectively communicate the party’s goodwill and readiness to confront peculiar challenges affecting growth and development in the state.
He tasked them to make good use of the tools provided to them, such as the Canvasser’s Record Sheet to enable the Youth Wing to run a data-driven campaign, especially with last-mile, get-out-the-votes efforts it plans to deploy to ensure that the party harvests the largest number of youth votes in the election.
Expressing a desire to achieve, Israel braved the roads and waves as he crossed the Taraba River to arrive in Benue State in continuation of the tour where he teamed up with Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, the party’s governorship candidate in the state, and other local youth leaders and representatives to mobilise for the party.
He also chaired a town hall meeting attended by various interest and support groups during which he disclosed the plans of Tinubu to bring to an end the perennial conflict and security challenges affecting commerce in the state.
According to him, Asiwaju has perfected plans to provide the required support to farmers in Benue State to cultivate, monitor, harvest, and preserve their goods, stressing that Tinubu would ensure the availability of ready markets and easy access to the markets through key infrastructural investments. “This will enable farmers in Benue to sell their goods when due at a favourable profit margin,” Israel said.
“Under Tinubu’s leadership, Benue will live up to its reputation as the food basket of the nation and would provide relief to the rest of the country by increasing local food supply and bringing down inflation,” he said.
As a mark of appreciation for his impactful visit, the people of Benue honoured him with the title, of the ‘Kuhe Jime U Youths’ which translates to the backbone of the youths.
In Kogi State he launched the state’s division of the Jagaban Footsoldiers Movement and offered support, including mobilisation tools, to the party’s youth representatives and the team of mobilizers tasked with ensuring a youth-driven electoral success.
After a successful visit to Kogi State, he proceeded to Niger State, the home state of Governor Abubakar Sani Bello who could most likely be succeeded by Muhammed Umar Bago of the APC, gubernatorial candidate in the state.
In Niger State. Israel presided over a town hall meeting with the entire leadership of the state’s youth wing where he inaugurated the state’s members of the Jagaban Movement and provided assurances of the party’s determination to reward its loyal stewards.
He urged them to sustain and expedite the wheels of progress in the state by preserving its alliance with the centre with the election of the APC’s Bola Tinubu and Umar Bago as president and governor respectively.
While in Niger State he paid a visit to the respected Emir of Agaei who remarked on his valiant efforts and contributions to youth empowerment and inclusion in leadership, and honoured him with the title of ‘Hasken Matasa’, meaning the light of the youths.
He had earlier visited Kwara, Nasarawa, and Plateau States, a feat that distinguishes him as one of the party’s most committed mobilisers enduring the rigours of the road and the country’s security challenges to deliver the message of Tinubu’s Renewed Hope to Nigerians in the cities and hinterlands.
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