The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will on Monday inaugurate the Tinubu/Shetimma Women Presidential Campaign Team.
The over 1,200- member team has Wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari as the grand patron while Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the wife of the vice-presidential candidate, Nana Shettima, will serve as Chairman and Co-Chairman respectively.
The Organising Committee of the Campaign Team on Saturday in Abuja announced that the formal inauguration of members of its various committees will hold on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja by 10 am.
A source within the party on Saturday told The Nation that the women’s campaign team would enjoy a degree of autonomy and organise its programmes, adding that the team has finalised arrangements to engage in campaign activities at the national, zonal and State levels.
It was also gathered that thousands of women-focused support groups affiliated with the governing party are to fuse into the team for a nationwide mass mobilization project.
The list of the team released penultimate Saturday has Hon. Asabe Vilita Bashir, a former member of the House of Representatives from Borno State as the national coordinator to be assisted by Lauretta Onochie, a senior aide in the Presidency as deputy national coordinator.
The women’s campaign in the North-West Zone will be coordinated by Dr Zainab Baugudu, wife of the Kebbi Governor while a Falmata Zulum, the First Lady of Borno State, will be in charge of the Northeast.
Olufolake Abdulrazaq, wife of Kwara Governor, will coordinate efforts in the North-Central and Mrs. Ibijoke Sanwo-olu, wife of the Lagos Governor, will superintend over the South-West.
Imo First Lady Chioma Ikeaka-Uzodinma will also coordinate the South-East while Linda Ayade, wife of the Cross River Governor, will spearhead the women’s campaign in the South-South.
The wives of Governors in APC-controlled States will serve as state coordinators in APC States while notable APC women in non-APC-controlled States will take charge.
Florence Ajimobi, widow of the former governor of Oyo State and Zainab Ibrahim, the APC Deputy National Women Leader, among others, was chosen to coordinate activities in States not controlled by the APC.
The administrative committee is led by Hon. Wahab Alawiye-King, who also doubles as the chairman of the committee on strategic planning. Heading the committee on operations and logistics is Senator Fatima Raji-Rasaki while Sarafa Modele-Yusuf, a former governorship aspirant in Ogun State is to head the Media and Strategic Communications committee.
The Finance and Special Duties committee is to be headed by former Lagos Deputy Governor and Senior Special Assistant to the President, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire while the Diaspora Mobilisation Committee is to be chaired by none other than Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
The Creative and Entertainment Industry also has the seasoned screen diva, Joke Silva as its chairman and includes other members such as Toyin Adegbola, Esther Wright, Rose Odika and Hadiza Kabara, among others.
The Directorate of Contact and Mobilisation has 944 members, including Hon. Tolulope Akande Sadipe, Hon. Rekiya Yahaya, and Zainab Ikaz-Kassim, among others.
The list also contains volunteers including Zahra Buhari, Hafsa Umar Shinkafi, Ahmed Indimi, Mairo Bulama Idris, Aisha Ahmed Jika and others.
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