The campaign team of the Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed the Nigerian First Lady, Aisha Buhari, as leader of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Women wing for next the2023 presidential election.
According to the statement signed by Rinsola Abiola, for the Tinubu/Shettima presidential women campaign team, a popular Nollywood actress, Joke Silva will serve on the council which has the wife of the APC presidential candidate, Senator Oluremi Tinubu and former first lady of Borno State and the wife of the APC’s vice-presidential candidate, Nana Shettima as Chairman and Co-Chairman respectively.
Asabe Villita Bashir, a former House of Representatives member from Borno, will serve as national coordinator while Lauretta Onochie, a prominent woman leader within the APC and senior aide in the presidency, will deputise her.
The women’s campaign in the North-West Zone will be coordinated by the wife of the Kebbi State governor, Zainab Baugudu, while her Borno counterpart, Falmata Zulum, will be in charge of the North East.
Similarly, the first lady of Kwara State, Olufolake Abdulrazaq, will coordinate efforts in the North Central and the wife of the Lagos State governor, Mrs Sanwoolu, will superintend over the South West. The First Lady of Imo State, Chioma Ikeaka-Uzodinma will also coordinate the South East while Linda Ayade, wife of the Cross River state governor, will spearhead the women’s campaign in the South-South.
All governors’ wives are to serve as state coordinators in APC states, while notable APC women such as Florence Ajimobi, widow of the former governor of Oyo State and Zainab Ibrahim, the APC Deputy National Women Leader, among others, were chosen to coordinate activities in states not controlled by the APC.
The administrative committee will be led by Wahab Alawiye-King, an influential Lagos politician and close associate of Oluremi Tinubu, also doubles as the chairman of the committee on strategic planning.
Heading the committee on operations and logistics is Senator Fatima Raji-Rasaki, while Sarafa Modele-Yusuf, a seasoned media practitioner, is to head the Media and Strategic Communications committee.
The Finance and Special Duties committee is to be headed by the former deputy governor of Lagos state and Senior Special Assistant to the President, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, while the Diaspora Mobilisation Committee is to be chaired by none other than Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
The Creative and Entertainment Industry also has seasoned screen diva, Joke Silva as its chairman, and includes other members such as Toyin Adegbola, Esther Wright, Rose Odika and Hadiza Kabara, among others.
The Directorate of Contact and Mobilisation has 944 members including Hon. Tolulope Akande Sadipe, Hon Rekiya Yahaya, Zainab Ikaz-Kassim, among others.
The list also contains volunteers including Zahra Buhari, Hafsa Umar Shinkafi, Ahmed Indimi, Mairo Bulama Idris, Aisha Ahmed Jika and others.
The statement announcing the composition read: “the Tinubu/Shettima 2023 Women Presidential Campaign Team is pleased to announce the release of the composition of its various committees for the 2023 presidential campaign.
“While we congratulate the appointees, they are advised to collect their letters of appointment at the Tinubu/Shettima Women Presidential Campaign Office in Abuja.”
