2023 Election: Youth Group Woos Tinubu For Presidential Seat, Says He Is The Best Candidate From Southwest





As the Southwest APC is positioning itself for the presidency in 2023 based on a rotational arrangement in the polity, a support youth group, "Ahmed Tinubu Youth Support Organization" has voiced out their unwavering supports for the Jagaban, Ahmed Bola Tinubu presidency come 2023.

Addressing newsmen yesterday in Abuja, the National Cordinator of the group, Comrade Olumuyiwa Onlede said Tinubu is the most prominent Yoruba person that has paid his dues and is knowledgeable enough about the politics of Nigeria, adding that no politician wields as much influence as Tinubu does today.

Onlede said that going by Tinubu's antecedents and pedigree he can run the affairs of Nigeria effectively and smoothly. He laid the financial engineering foundation for Lagos State, which explains why governors that came after him found it easy to run the affairs of the state and the reason why Lagos state remains the largest economy in Africa.


Before Tinubu became Lagos state Governor, Lagos was like a city buried in heaps of rubbish, a city almost swallowed up in crime, millions of unemployed youths, thousands of area boys on the street, decaying infrastructure, non impressive internally generated revenue and a city of over 10 million people as at of 1999 with hopelessly bad and damaged roads. The armed bandits also ruled the day and night. Lagos was Nigeria's nemesis. Everyone loved Lagos, but no one, not past military and civilian governors could do anything about it. Not even the federal government was willing to tackle the problems of Lagos. The narrative of Lagos was that of an abandoned and neglected former capital city which had become a no man's land.


He came in as an elected governor in 1999 after years of democratic struggle and a wealth of experience in the business world as an accountant and oil industry expert. Soon after he took over, he stamped both his vision and authority on the state of Lagos and in 8
years, the face, reputation of Lagos changed.


Asiwaju Tinubu Administration grew the budget size of Lagos State from N14.200 billion in 1999 to N240.866 billion in 2007


"So with his numerous achievements as a politician and leader, I am confident he can lead Nigeria well if he becomes president of the federal republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is and remains the tallest person politically today in the South-West so I will encourage and plead with him to run for the office of the president for the common benefits of all".