“Instead of accepting your fate and allowing it to overwhelm you, step up and take your future in your own hands—and do what’s necessary to achieve a work-life balance that you can manage indefinitely.”
The South-West Support Groups DG/ National Support Groups stakeholders in view of the above quote by Laural Stack felt taking a progressive steps is neccesary to put things in proper perspective for support groups under the APC, as a progressive step was taken by DG/NC from Southwest by meeting with Dr Ladan Nasir, the Director General of Amalgamated APC support groups.
Comrade Okedara Kolawole, alongside few progressive DGs of other support groups, deliberated on the way forward as regards support groups in general and also their home base, which is Southwest, and the Director General, Dr Nasir Ladan, promised to facilitate a meeting to address grey areas as soon as possible and find lasting solution to issues bedeviling support groups in the shortest possible time.
Comrade Okedara said, “We are giving him benefit of doubt to address the issues holistically as majority of the support groups are not just happy with the issues of funds and as well as the leadership position, which was shared without proper consultation with National Coordinators from the South-West”.
The South-West Support group DG/National Coordinators also went to Unity Fountain after meeting with Dr Nasiru Ladan on solidarity to re-affirm the mandate freely given to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and to let the general public have an insight that the last general election was free and fair.
The group also met the daughter of the President-Elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chief Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, at Unity Fountain on humanitarian gesture to the physically challenged people in donations of wheelchairs, to make them happy by not seeing themselves as handicap and to be able to make impact to the country.
“The support group national stakeholders (Southwest) will not allow any form of manipulation to sabourtage or jeopardice the peace of this great nation. Our being here today is to inform the public that we are fully on ground at nooks and crannies of Nigeria to know the needs of every common Nigerians and to make sure that their needs are attended to and resolved by the incoming administration of BAT in readiness to the nation through Fairness,Equity and humaniteralism.”
“We will ensure fair distribution to all leaders of support group, who worked tirelessly in ensuring the victory of our principal as we are soliciting on behalf of our President-elect that Nigerians should please work hand in hand with him for the advancement and progressiveness of our dear country. We believed that the renewed hope agenda and programmes of the President-elect will ease the nation in terms electrification, agriculture, education, infrastructural and social development and heal our nation of religious and ethnic bigotry as the effect will show from the formation of its leadership.”
“We are also putting our weight with all Nigerians who had supported Asiwaju victory on 25th February, 2023 election. Asiwaju won landslide as annouced by INEC Chairman, Prof Yakubu Mammud. We are appealing to those in opposition to join us in moving Nigeria forward. We have no other place than Nigeria to call ours. This is a renewed hope for us, let’s make Nigeria work again.”
“We are urging our President-elect to appoint new and sincere hands to paddle the affairs of our great country. All suppport group leaders and its members are willing to work along with him sacrificially and selflessly as we did before, during and after the general election. We are willing to be appointed by our President-elect as a reward for our sacrifices, as we are optimistic that he will do justice to reward our loyalty.”
“Majority of the support groups have no Godfather nor do we have a political financier; we financed the campiagn with our hard earned resources, nobody recommended him to us but God and we are hopeful that he will do justice to support groups.
We are at the national APC headquaters of the party to present our case to the chairman of the party but we are unable to see him due to engagement with senators and house of representative elect.
We will keep pushing for all support group until we saw light at the end of the tunnel, join us by Sunday to press our demand and take a stand on the issue of national assembly at Unity Fountain on the 14th, May 2023.
The South-West Support Groups DG/National Coordinator on ground for the press release were as followed:
Comrade Okedara Kolawole, DG Movement For Greater Nigeria
Hon Adewale Adeogun, DG Tinubu National Think-Thank
Comrade Awokoya Oriyomi Yusuf, DG/National Coordinator Asiwaju Focus Noni
Olurinto Morris Olusegun
National Secretary/Co-Founder
PROGRESSIVES SOLIDARITY for ASIWAJU, PSA
Hon Omosanya Simeon Adeboye
DG/National Coordinator
Good Governance Ambassardors (GGA)
Comrade Oluwaseun Ogunleye Gbenga
DG Ekiti Youth For Bola Ahmed Tinubu
YORUBA PROGRESSIVE FORUM, ( Y,P,F) NATIONAL COORDINATOR , ALHAJI OLALEKAN LATEEF KOLAWOLE
Hon BALOGUN Azeez
NC, INTELLECTUAL ELITE – YOUTH ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA “IEYAN”
Comrade Alade Victoria Abiodun
NC, CAREER WOMEN FOR BAT
“Leaders are—and must
continue to be—a source of clarity. Clarity is the ability to be very explicit about where you are going, but very flexible about how you will get there.”
“The world is in desperate need of a different leadership role model. We all have seen the negative impact of self-serving leaders in every sector of our society. Why is that? Because these leaders have been conditioned to think of leadership only in terms of power and control. We think there is a better choice: to lead at a higher level.”