Ribadu added that as persons chosen by the party’s leadership to market Tinubu to key stakeholders across the country, they should realise that the job is strategic and crucial to the party’s success.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Director, All Progressives Congress (APC) Stakeholders Relations Directorate for 2023 poll, Nuhu Ribadu, has said that the party’s candidate, Bola Tinubu, is the most marketable among candidates for the presidential election.
“Luckily for us, our job is cut out for us, we have the most saleable product in the market today, there is no one candidate out there that is better than our own,” Ribadu said on Thursday at the inauguration of the directorate in Abuja.
Ribadu, who is the pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), noted that Tinubu would not learn on the job because of his experience in public service.
“Asiwaju Tinubu is an accomplished human being and a thorough bred administrator and maverick politician, he has something to show from his glowing antecedents.
“He will not learn on the job, he also has a wide network of friends and associates everywhere in Nigeria, which makes our job of outreach very much easier,” he said.
Ribadu noted that although the 2023 presidential election was literally a walk over for the APC, the party should not leave anything to chances.
“We should not under-rate our opponents, we should work assiduously to make the margin of winning too wide that the victory will be massive and sweet,” he said.
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Bisi Akande, a founding member of the APC, inaugurated the directorate.
Ribadu while appreciating Akande for inaugurating the directorate, thanked him for his words of wisdom and encouragement.
He described Akande as an icon who was always full of wise counsel and humility despite his accomplishments.
“That progressive politicians came together and formed the APC, and for the party to be where it is today, owes a lot to the sagacity and leadership of Baba Akande.
“He is a dye in the wool progressive politician who has remained steadfast and has paid his full dues in nation-building through his principled politics,” Ribadu said.
He said the inaguration of the directorate was a watershed moment in the match by the APC and its PCC to deliver Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate to the Presidential Villa in 2023.
According to Ribadu, the inauguration of the leadership and members of the directorate signposts the formal engagement to begin campaigns fully.
“This is however not the beginning of the work, some of us have burnt many midnight candles for a long time, even before the formal Constitution of the Directorate, working to build bridges between critical stakeholders,” he said.
Ribadu added that as persons chosen by the party’s leadership to market Tinubu to key stakeholders across the country, they should realise that the job is strategic and crucial to the party’s success.