The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has asked leaders of the party in local governments to reach out to all aggrieved members at the grassroots and bring them back into the progressives fold, in order for the party to approach 2023 general election as a united group and not disunited.
Aside from reuniting with aggrieved members, Tinubu, who is the party’s national leader, asked that they should also bring more people into the fold, so as to increase the APC membership base before the upcoming poll in the country.
He made the recommendation on Wednesday when he returned to his political base, Lagos APC, for the first time after winning the party’s presidential ticket in fiercely contested primaries.
Activities in the area were brought to a halt, as Lagos APC leaders, Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) members, and thousands of party faithful received the presidential candidate.
Tinubu, who was at Lagos APC secretariat on Acme Road in Ogba for the party’s caucus meeting, shelved other engagements to reunite with his political family and urged them to forgive one another and become more united for the party to retain power in 2023.
The APC flagbearer urged party supporters to move out to the communities in their numbers and canvass voters. The work, he said, must start with the 57 local council chairmen, charging them to reach out to aggrieved members of the party at the grassroots in order to deliver more votes for APC at the general elections.
He said: “Our Local Government chairmen must do better than any other person in delivering votes for our party. You met this party already built with structures across the communities. There may be little cracks here and there, you know what to do. Manage your anger. There is no politics without anger and pain. But with the pain comes the joy of victory.
“We are giving you the assignment to go back and recruit others. We mus