Okunnu-Lamidi said her appointment as the SDP presidential campaign deputy DG was an effort in the right direction.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has appointed Khadijah Okunnu-Lamidi, a former presidential aspirant, as the Deputy Director General of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for the 2023 general elections.
Mrs Okunnu-Lamidi’s appointment and those of others were to ensure maximum productive engagement with the electorate, the party’s National Secretary, Olu Agunloye, said in a statement on Tuesday.
Agunloye said the appointment would help to optimise the chances of electoral success for justice, peace and prosperity under the SDP government.
Okunnu-Lamidi contested the party’s presidential ticket last year but lost to Adewole Adebayo.
Agunloye said Okunnu-Lamidi had remained steadfast in the party with a resolve to play an active role in the revitalisation of Nigeria’s reform agenda.
He said the deputy director general never shied away from ideological politics as she now joins the campaign train to position and assist the party to victory as she would bring to bear her skills, experience, and structures to promote the cause.
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Okunnu-Lamidi said her appointment as the SDP presidential campaign deputy DG was an effort in the right direction.
She promised to work diligently to execute the mandate of the party and the mission of their candidates to protect the most vulnerable members of the communities.
“I am immensely grateful for the high confidence the National Working Committee (NWC) of our great party demonstrated in me with this critical appointment as Deputy DG of our winning presidential campaign.
“I am honoured by the opportunity to serve our nation and the SDP in the mission to reinstate the honour of our peoples and the seemingly elusive promise of our nationhood.
“I believe in Nigeria, in the drive and energy of our people, their sterling character and unbreakable resilience, their faith in themselves and in the unlimited talents with which the Almighty has endowed us.
“I join this campaign to help in correcting the existing state of affairs built to dash the hopes of our people,” she said.
Okunnu-Lamidi added: “I am bound to honour the trust that has been reposed in me with diligence, the same high character and sense of responsibility that is exemplified by our candidate and the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria: Prince Adewole Adebayo.”