2023: Fashola, Almakura, Ogbeh Appointed into Tinubu’s Independent Campaign Council
POLITICS DIGEST- The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; former governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Tanko Al-Makura; former Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, and Alhaji Kashim Imam are among those appointed to head directorates in a newly constituted Tinubu/Shettima Independent Campaign Council (lCC).
Also heading a directorate is former acting national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ntufam Hilliard Eta, while former deputy governor of Nasarawa State, Silas Agara, is a national coordinator.
The ICC was established to complement the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), with focus on the grassroots.
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In a statement issued on Friday, the director, media and publicity committee of the ICC, Ntufam Hilliard Eta, said: “A special purpose vehicle, the Tinubu/ Shettima Grassroots Independent Campaign Council has been unveiled in Abuja.
“The ICC has His Excellency, Silas Agara, former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, as National Coordinator.”
On the functions of ICC, Eta said, “It would complement the newly inaugurated Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) and its focus shall be the grassroots.
“The ICC would also seek to expand the support base of the APC Presidential flagbearer, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, to the hinterlands of the country.
“It would also adopt door to door, hamlet to hamlet campaigns/Visitations, voter sensitization, outreach meetings among others.
“Among the key Directorates in the ICC are: Contact an Mobilization, headed by Babatunde Fashola SAN, Media and Publicity, headed by Ntufam Hilliard Eta; Reconciliation and Integration Committee, headed by Chief Audu Ogbeh; Support Groups and NGOs Committee, headed by Senator Tanko Al-Makura; Finance and Fundraising, headed Alhaji Kashim Imam.”
