The All Progressives Congress has arrange a job drive to start instant registration of scholars and revalidation of its members throughout the nation.
The inauguration of the duty drive, which befell on Wednesday on the occasion headquarters in Abuja, was believed to be a response to the cult following of the previous Anambra State governor and Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on social media.
Obi had dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for Labour Party to maintain the dream of his presidential ambition alive.
His rising profile and frugal way of life have ignited calls amongst his youthful supporters who’ve taken over the social media area with requires a peaceable revolution via mass registration for everlasting voters’ playing cards, jingles, and door-to-door campaigns forward of the 2023 election.
Worried by the pattern, the National Youth Leader of APC, Dayo Israel, on Wednesday introduced the formation of a job drive to right away start the registration and revalidation of scholars and youths within the nation.
The job drive has former Kwara State Commissioner for info, Ben Duntoye; APC Deputy National Youth Leader, Jamaldeen Kabir, and Director of National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim as co-chairmen.
Others embody former Member of the APC Board of Trustees, Rinsola Abiola; Commissioner of Federal Character Commission, Ginika Tor; Chief of Staff to the Minister of State, Mines and Steel, Kelechi Ekugo; Ogban Ogban, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ben Ayade; Aminu Uba, Special Assistant to Senator Orji Uzor Kalu; Irinoye Omolayo, Senior Legislative Aide to Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege; North Central Zonal Youth Leader, Zubair Aliyu; North East Zonal Youth Leader, Jason Baba Kwaghe; North West Zonal Youth Leader, Abdulhamid Umar Mohd; South South Zonal Youth Leader, Ebimobowei Oyas; South East Zonal Youth Leader, Ikenna Anyalewechi and South West Zonal Youth Leader, Lawal Kolade Paff amongst others.
Israel disclosed that the duty drive has been mandated to coordinate the registration and revalidation train of scholars and youths-led assist teams right into a recognisable construction.
“The construction might be strongly aligned with the aims and strategic imperatives of the National Working Committee below the distinguished management of Senator Adamu Abdullahi.
“I’ve assembled these revered voices and occasion loyalists as members of APC Youth Wing National Special Task Force on Revalidation and Registration of APC youths and targeted assist teams.
“The revalidation of the affiliated youths and student support groups will be opened for a period of one month starting from Friday 1 to July 31. This move would also enable effective coordination, disciplined harmonization of activities in alignment with the party’s goals, aid provision and accountability, as well as efficient management and enhanced operations,” he stated.
The APC nationwide youth chief disclosed that as a part of their job, the newly inaugurated group will acquire telephone numbers and e-mail deal with lists of registered members and teams after validation of their PVCs, occasion membership playing cards and attestation from two guarantors.
When requested by Punch to substantiate if the latest transfer is to neutralise the specter of the ‘Obidient’ motion on social media, Israel stated that he didn’t actually think about Obi’s rising supporters as a critical risk.
“A lion just isn’t threatened by the noise of the rat in his yard. You should perceive that as a celebration, we’ve got continued to play our half as youths. The APC youth wing will at all times rise when the event calls for as a result of we’re obsessed with change.
“While we aren’t threatened, we aren’t sitting on our oars. We are taking accountability as a result of we’ve got the construction. The way forward for this occasion belongs to us. Our personal response as APC generals is to get up all our battalions and garrison commanders in our occasion assist teams throughout the nation and convey them collectively.
“We want to document all our support groups and create programmes, activities and empower them with skills acquisition. The ultimate aim is to mobilize Nigerian youths in states and zones for the victory of APC,” he stated.