Lagos yam traders drum support for Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu

• Published date: 22 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Members of the Lagos Chapter of the Yam Dealers and Traders Association of Nigeria have declared their support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the party's gubernatorial candidate in Lagos, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

The yam dealers, in their numbers, led an endorsement rally to the Tinubu-Shettima/Sanwo-Olu-Hamzat Independent Campaign Council (ICC) office in Ikeja GRA, brandishing tubers of yam and their permanent voter cards (PVCs).

The traders were received by the Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, and the ICC Director-General, Mr. Tayo Ayinde.

Kehinde Olaosebikan, chairman of the association, said the rally was a way of conveying the yam traders' appreciation to the APC Government in Lagos for several interventions, which, he said, had benefited the association's members greatly.

Hamzat told the traders that the endorsement rally for the Tinubu and Sanwo-Olu tickets was the first leg of their responsibility towards ensuring the success of the candidates at the polls. The second leg, the Deputy Governor said, is to galvanise all their members to vote en mass for APC at the elections.

He urged some of the association members who were yet to get their PVCs to do so within the time window announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Hamzat said: 'The coming general elections are crucial for our party and State. We must show our strength and numbers because we are not just going to vote; we want to humiliate the opposition parties with a very wide margin. We have over seven million voters in Lagos alone and our target is to deliver five million votes to elect our presidential candidate. With the support we have received from your association, we believe the margin is attainable.

'Those contesting against Tinubu and Sanwo-Olu are political clowns who don't understand anything about governance. We must use our votes to retire them. Tinubu is not only fit to run for president, but he is also the smartest political personality of this period. He is bold, intelligent, and influential. We have a governor in Lagos who is making positive impacts on the lives of citizens. For us to continue to see the amazing projects delivered, you must return Sanwo-Olu to power. Your endorsement is a great step, but this must be completed by voting massively for APC.'

The Deputy Governor said APC's agricultural programmes and policies had raised the level of food security in the country, noting...