Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), has urged the party members to collectively work
for the APC’s victory in the general election.
Tinubu said this on Sunday during a meeting with
governorship and national assembly candidates of the party, in Abuja.
In a statement by Tunde Rahman, his media aide, Tinubu told
the APC members that they have a duty to “protect” Nigeria, and as such, they
should not rest on their oars on ensuring the party’s victory in the elections.
“I am pleased to meet with you today because in you I see
our party’s hope and path to success. In you I see the hope of historic
national progress as well,” he said.
“As so often in life,
victory is not a cause for rest or celebration. It is a call to a greater
challenge and harder toil. Thus, you all have won the primaries but now must
climb the higher mountain called the general election.
“We formed the APC, not just to be another political party.
We formed it as a champion of the people to rescue democracy from the ravages of
the PDP who boasted of ruling the nation for 60 years.
“We formed this party to rescue the people and their
collective prosperity from the avarice and greed of an elite that will devour
the nation’s God-given endowment if we allow such people back into power. As
those flying our party’s flag, we carry a heavy burden on our shoulders.
“We have the mandate
to deliver the party to victory so that we may protect Nigeria from those who
would devour all of its fruits.
“The party has placed its trust in us. Democratic victory in
the coming elections is a task we must accomplish.”
He also said winning the election is a collective task.
“As individuals, we must strive to win our respective
elections. But that is not enough,” he said.
“We have to work
together to deliver everyone contesting in our party. The presidential
election, for example, is not solely about Bola Ahmed Tinubu. It is your
project as well. Your election is equally my project.
“We need each other. Whatever position you are contesting,
you need me as much as I need you. If I work for you, I am helping myself; if
you mobilise for me, you are working for yourself at the same time. Our
individual and collective fates are one.
“Let us win and rise together. This is as it should be.
“I, therefore, rededicate myself to the victory of you all
just as I do for myself. As you can see, They call me weak but I am canvassing
back and forth and, in every corner, and space of the nation.
“My opponents are
not. I am outworking them because this election is a great mission for me, much
more than my personal ambition.”
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