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The standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is the candidate to beat in the 2023 presidential election. Tinubu, undoubtedly, understands politics and many have referred to him as a political strategist.

Tinubu knows how to read the moves of his political opponents and when to act. It will be calamitous for his contenders to underestimate him and call his bluff when it comes to negotiating and scheming to win political battles.

Asides from his track record as the former governor of Lagos state and becoming a political godfather, Tinubu has weathered storms in his own party. He has survived the hostility of many of President Muhammadu Buhari’s allies, who sidelined him after the party came to power.

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The National Leader of the APC has also had to battle his own caucus at some points. But here he is, still standing strong in the political arena.

Many Nigerians — both his cronies and rivals — know he has a great chance of becoming the President of Nigeria, just like his main challengers — Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP), respectively, have as well.

And like many politicians in Nigeria, Tinubu has some challenges to scale in emerging as the nation’s leader despite his popularity. And there are two major ones he has to surmount even as campaigns began on Wednesday, September 28.

Ruling APC as stumbling block

The Lagos political godfather in 2013 championed a cause of forming a political party that would end the 16-year PDP rule, especially when the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan faced the biggest obstacles of Boko Haram.

Tinubu collapsed his Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and sought an alliance with the Congress of Progressive Change (CPC) which was in power in Kogi and Zamfara states; the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

With their bubbling campaigns laced with lively music and sugar-coated promises, APC stakeholders made Nigerians believe that it was capable of doing better than PDP, and in 2015, it sat in the centre to rule the most populous black nation.

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The logo of the All Progressives Progress

Without mincing words, APC has not only failed in its promises, but it has engineered a retrogression of the country, especially in the areas of security and economy. There are disturbing statistics on fuel, debts, unemployment, inflation, insecurity and others.

The unemployment rate was 8.19% in 2015 when APC took over, but now it is 33.3%. A US dollar is exchanged at N720 in the parallel market now. It was N198 in 2015. While the country’s debt status was N9.8 trillion in 2015, it stands at N41.6 trillion and the list is endless.

These are the extent of damage that the APC has wrecked and Tinubu is using the same platform for his campaigns. It is with keen interest that the Nigerian people await the campaigns to commence.

Many have asked how Tinubu will campaign to make Nigeria better when he was the chief campaigner alongside former Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, telling Nigerians in 2014/15 that APC and Buhari’s government would alleviate the suffering of the people.

As stated earlier, Tinubu has hurdles to cross, but he should know that Atiku and Obi are not his primary headache. His biggest hurdle is the party he formed to take over power from PDP in 2015 — APC.

ASUU and Nigerian youths

One of the longest strikes ever embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is ongoing as Buhari’s APC government has failed to meet the demands of the lecturers. The industrial action began on February 14 and has reached its seventh month.

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has ordered the union members to go back to classrooms, but the striking varsity teachers disagreed. They appealed the ruling instead.

When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers, so Nigerian youths who are believed to be future leaders are the victims of the federal government and ASUU face-off. Nigerian youths are angry about it. They are angry about many things, deficiencies and anomalies pervading the country. 

A cross-section of Nigerian youths during a rally

And if these students are going to have a chance to sack the party that has inflicted pain on them through their votes at the polls, what do you think they will do? The answer lies with every right-thinking Nigerian. And, among the three front liners, Tinubu has more job than Atiku and Obi to tell Nigerian students why they should vote for him and his party, even as campaigns commence.

The former Lagos governor, after his victory in the APC presidential primary election in June, said that he would build on Buhari’s legacy. Buhari’s legacy?!

“I’m experienced from the private sector to public sector and ready to hit the ground running same day and not mess up the legacy of progress and honesty that is left behind and handed over to me by President Muhammadu Buhari,” Tinubu said.

These disgruntled students have brothers, sisters, cousins, and friends who are dissatisfied with the state of the nation and how our leaders continue the suffering of the people.

These youths are over 8 million young Nigerians that have registered to vote next year. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) published that 8,784,677 youths completed voter registration ahead of the 2023 general elections. They are the ones Tinubu will convince to queue behind him in 2023.

Conclusion

Tinubu’s APC cannot say Nigeria is fine under its rule, and Nigerians are waiting for the ruling party at the polls, and it is the party that Tinubu formed as a platform to achieve his lifelong ambition. How he will achieve that is his strategy. He is a political master strategist, anyway.

Maybe Tinubu knew what was ahead of him since June when he said the hard work to win the election had just begun. “All APC family members should celebrate in a limited manner. We just began. The hard work is ahead. To win the victory for our party is a hard one and we will win,” Tinubu said.


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The youths are very angry, enraged is a better word. The ruling class like those who has scattered the governance of this country won't get any votes from us. Tinubu or Atiku, we are not voting foe any old cargoes with no plans for the youths, only making us to fight each other through tribal bigotry.

They should all retire with aa strong apology to us for damaging our futures and even attempting to damage the future of our children.

Cool

Tinubu must tell Nigerians why he called the military to shoot Endsars protesters at Lekki toll gate which led to the death of many youths

We won't forget

Tinubu is a bitter personal

i don't even need to read all the write up you wrote there

But can i be permitted to say what's on my mind

To me ooooo
In my own opinion

All the candidates that APC,PDPand what's the other party called again LP or whatever have presented to us are are all DESPERADOS ie Desperate Candidates

All i see all over the place are desperate candidates waiting to get into office to continue from where the other one left off

They won't lead Nigeria anywhere

As far as i'm concerned they can all just go to H

Shit.....Nigeria is indeed really in a lot of deep shit

THIS COUNTRY REALLY DOES NEED TO START AGAIN

We do not need all this so called frolicking from all this so called politicians that they display online all the time

Thank God i no longer stay in Nigeria

successmatters:
The youths are very angry, enraged is a better word. The ruling class like those who has scattered the governance of this country won't get any votes from us. Tinubu or Atiku, we are not voting foe any old cargoes with no plans for the youths, only making us to fight each other through tribal bigotry.

They should all retire with aa strong apology to us for damaging our futures and even attempting to damage the future of our children.

I really pity youths collecting money and voting these century frauds who parade themselves as the right candidates for the post. Some of them also have their sense of reasoning beclouded by tribalism. Tribalism without cogent reason. It's on record that Igbos have voted practically for presidential candidates from all sections of this country. Yet some remember tribalism whenever an Igbo name is mentioned.

Were Tinubu or Atiku to be Igbos now, the group will complain bitterly that Igbos have brought out the wrong candidate. They will be talking all manner of trash.

Even within their minds, they know Obi is the best. If APC is serious with bringing proper change to this country, what happens to so many young vibrant and articulated Yorubas? Same question we asked when they brought Buhari. Are there no young vibrant and articulated Northerners?

These youths supporting these old men will still be the one begging money up and down when the economy go crashing. So ASHAMED of them.

Exactly!

We are very very angry with APC government particularly.
And again not giving the vibrant and educated Osibanjo the APC ticket. This is mostly our grievances

Till February

Mynd44, Nlpfmod.......

No sensible youth, sane and well-meaning Nigerian would vote for APC and Tinubu. APC has done so much damage to our country and her citizens.

successmatters:
The youths are very angry, enraged is a better word. The ruling class like those who has scattered the governance of this country won't get any votes from us. Tinubu or Atiku, we are not voting foe any old cargoes with no plans for the youths, only making us to fight each other through tribal bigotry.

They should all retire with aa strong apology to us for damaging our futures and even attempting to damage the future of our children.

I guess u mean ipob youths

Apc will be regretting the choice of tinubu as their candidate. He has too many baggages , his health ,age. . they will spend most of their time trying to convince Nigerians that he is ok and healthy while other candidates will be talking and campaigning about policies and programmes . They should have picked a far healthier and agile candidate.
Looking at the campaign so far ,tinubu and apc seems to be the most critized of all the contestants . Another issue is the Muslim /Muslim ticket.

Wisfem:
Trash... We are talking about Solution you are polluting this page, A vote for OBI is a Vote for better Future?! A vote for OBI is to Created a better Future for your unborn children and grand children...

In all honesty, Obi has no capacity to turn Nigeria around as it is now, my one cent. I am not God oo.....

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Wisfem:
Trash... We are talking about Solution you are polluting this page, A vote for OBI is a Vote for better Future?! A vote for OBI is to Created a better Future for your unborn children and grand children...

And who f*ing asked for your opinion

Nigerians and this lousy annoying attitude online

I'm sure you're so broke

you got nothing doing.....Lmao

BATified2023:
I guess u mean ipob youths

Hmm dis one no even understand se for all the Tribes Igbo still dey lag behind for this Obidient movement
Go Benue or Edo you go sabi se Igbo dey learn work for this Obidient movement.
The youths APC has kept at home for months now don get better Job, which is to crush this evil disaster called APC.
#EndApcsufferNow.

BATified2023:
I guess u mean ipob youths

Hmm dis one no even understand se for all the Tribes Igbo still dey lag behind for this Obidient movement
Go Benue or Edo you go sabi se Igbo dey learn work for this Obidient movement.
The youths APC has kept at home for months now don get better Job, which is to crush this evil disaster called APC.
#EndApcNow.

Proudlyomonna:
Hmm dis one no even understand se for all the Tribes Igbo still dey lag behind for this Obidient movement
Go Benue or Edo you go sabi se Igbo dey learn work for this Obidient movement.
The youths APC has kept at home for months now don get better Job, which is to crush this evil disaster called APC.
#EndApcNow.

Be deceiving yourself. Most of you are just new in d game. People want good life no doubt but nothing will change in 2023. Even some of the youths are more senseless than those people we criticize. Majority of those influencers shouting today are looking for relevance and cash. The way we run campaign shud basically tells you that only God can change this country. Continue to hope for d best though. Labour will have votes in few cities that's all. One of d big two will win handsomely

Omooba77:
In all honesty, Obi has no capacity to turn Nigeria around as it is now, my one cent. I am not God oo.....

None of them , the mess on ground now ,even a miracle can't solve it .
I think all those contesting are mad , because the way people will insult and abuse the next president ,it will be worse than any other previous president we have ever had . Because Nigerians will be expecting miracle

Failed party APC

Omooba77:
In all honesty, Obi has no capacity to turn Nigeria around as it is now, my one cent. I am not God oo.....

Is it Tinubu that will now help?? He is the best we have now..

Wisfem:
Any one who talks positive about posterity is a broke Niga abi?? Or broke addict , I know your father is bill gate...But even Bill made America liveable for Americans, But Ignorance and Parochialism will not allow you and your predecessor like Sani Abacha to see Road.. It a shame on your generation,How much do you have?? Empty vessel with the loudest noise...

No wonder other African nations hate Nigerians so much

cos of all these ignorant and lousy attitude depicted by Nigerians online

is it by force to SUPPORT WHO YOU ARE SUPPORTING

No wonder Nigerians are suffering over there....Lmao

And it should be a SHAME on you and your own generation Not my generation

Stop mentioning me pls if you've got nothing important to say

Before you start quoting what they did not ask you to quote... Lmao

Wisfem:
Is it Tinubu that will now help?? He is the best we have now..

Obi can't win two states.......