The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Oyo State Sharafadeen Alli has urged Grassroots Movement for Tinubu (GMT) to intensify efforts towards securing the state’s support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election
He urged members of the movement and other APC supporters to take the achievements and policies of President to the grassroots.
Speaking during the inauguration of the state executives of the GMT in Ibadan Alli stated that sustained engagement with residents was necessary to build support for the President ahead of next year’s general election.
He identified the administration’s economic reforms efforts to improve access to credit for businesses and farmers and commitment to local government autonomy as some of the reasons Nigerians should support Tinubu for another term.
Earlier the state Director-General of GMT Alhaja Aminat Oparemi popularly known as Princess Opasan said the inauguration was part of efforts to establish a formidable grassroots mobilisation structure across the state.
According to her the exercise covered all 33 local government areas with the inauguration of the movement’s various operational teams including its media arm adding that the movement was working towards the re-election of Tinubu and the emergence of Alli as governor of Oyo State in 2027.
She expressed confidence in the President’s chances attributing the movement’s support to what she described as the achievements of the APC-led Federal Government.
Also a former Commissioner for Information in the state Prince Gbade Lana who expressed support for Tinubu’s second-term ambition described the President’s leadership as courageous.