Osuntokun sees election a rare opportunity to effect real change
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Director General Akin Osuntokun has described 25 February as a rare opportunity for Nigerians to choose between the real change they desire and continue to wallow in pain.
Osuntokun, former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) told LP supporters from across the 16 councils of Ekiti State at a townhall in Ado-Ekiti that electing Obi as President would end all the agony they face as a result of an uncaring leadership.
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Mobilising for Obi
Osuntokun urged LP members across the country to build on the current tempo of mobilisation for Obi, saying he would speedily address all challenges in the country if elected, according to reporting by Vanguard.
Ekiti LP Chairman Odunayo Okunade promised the party would rule Nigeria and promote family values, exactly according to its logo, which is about father, mother, and children.
“Going by the experience of Nigerians, parties like APC and PDP parading broom and umbrella, have no good plans for the country and do not have the competence to run the country effectively.
“This is why they repeatedly run Nigeria aground and put Nigerians in her present precarious situations,” he said.
Osuntokun upbeat on new dispensation under Obi Presidency
Osuntokun, who was Olusegun Obasanjo’s political adviser throughout the former President’s years in the Villa, had in January expressed optimism that Nigerians will take back their country from racketeers with Obi winning the Aso Rock vote on 25 February.
He said Nigerians have placed their hope for a better country on the presidential candidate of the LP who will not disappoint them.
Osuntokun reiterated in his acceptance speech as LP PCC Director General that Obi is the toast of the people as seen in the organic support he receives North and South.
“It is with deep sense of duty and humility that I accept my appointment as the Director General of Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, especially at this critical point of Nigeria’s political history,” he said in Abuja.
“Every ardent observer of the Nigerian political space and recent trend of events will attest to the teeming organic support the emergence of … Peter Obi as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has received across the country.
“This is undeniably a pointer to the fact that Nigerians have anchored their hope on the ensuing victory of Peter Obi in the coming 2023 presidential election.”
Hard work required for success
“My team and I hereby promise to work assiduously to ensure victory for the Obi-Datti ticket come February 2023,” Osuntokun added.
“We are not oblivious of the magnitude of work required of us to deliver on the promise so declared.
“We are braced for it, and equally find solace in divine guidance, the counsel of our elders, and the unflinching support of well-meaning Nigerians that are eager to see the Nigerian socio-economic status quo upturned, and our beloved country progress like other progressing countries all over the world.”
He urged all supporters of Obi at home and in the diaspora to sustain the momentum.