Reacting to prediction in certain quarters that Saraki
would be returned to the Senate even if APC wins other elections in the
state, the minister said the revolution in Kwara was total.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed
says Kwara Central Senatorial District, represented by Senate President
Bukola Saraki will be the easiest to be delivered to the All
Progressives Congress in this year’s general elections.
The minister said this on Thursday in
Ilorin while inspecting the Campaign Office and Situation Room of the
Buhari Osinbajo Project (BOP) 2019, a political group drumming support
and votes for the APC in Kwara.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
the minister inspected the office ahead of Friday inauguration of the
18,000 grassroots votes canvassers across all polling units in Kwara.
Reacting
to prediction in certain quarters that Saraki would be returned to the
Senate even if APC wins other elections in the state, the minister said
the revolution in Kwara was total.
“The easiest nut to crack will be the Kwara Central Senatorial District because the first revolution started from there.
“Cast your minds back to what happened in
the last Local Government elections, you will see that the people of
Kwara are ripe for change and we have no fear in any part of the state.
“When revolution comes, it comes in total
and hence the slogan across nooks and crannies of Kwara today, “O to
ge’’ meaning “Enough is Enough’’.
“What is happening today in Kwara is mass
movement and that is why everywhere we go in the state we are warmly
received, whereas the PDP are being received there with hostility,’’ he said.
The minister said that after inspecting the
campaign office and the situation room of BOP, and interacting with the
people, he was confident that the 2019 elections in Kwara would be a
walk over for the APC.
He said the party had no fewer than 18,000
foot soldiers at polling units level all over Kwara who would in turn
target 10 supporters each before the elections.
According to him, the party will on Friday
inaugurate 2,800 grassroot canvassers, 193 wards coordinators, 193 wards
secretaries, 193 wards women leaders and 193 wards youths leaders.
Mohammed said the most important was the
situation room at the BOP headquarters which would have the details of
every ward coordinator and contact them daily on the progress made and
their challenges.
“We have telephone numbers of all our
canvassers, 10 of them in each polling units and we have the mechanism
with which we are going to be calling them daily.
“This method is very important and key strategy even than rallies.
“Yes, rallies are very good for perception
and moral boosting, but the real electioneering campaign work is what
is being done here,’’ he said.
The minister said it would be difficult for
moles to infiltrate the votes canvassers, but if they do, there were
mechanism in place to fish them out.
He thanked all the party supporters and
financiers for their selfless services and reassured them of victories
in the coming polls.
Otunba Ganiyu Zubair, the Coordinator of the BOP 2019, said the situation room inspected by the minister “is a place of deep thinking to map out strategy to deliver Kwara from slavery and looters.’’
Zubair assured that in the general elections
scheduled for February, APC would record outstanding votes and victories
never witnessed in the history of Kwara.
Speaking in the same vein, the BOP 2019 Secretary, Hon. Ayoola Obisesan said the party was well prepared for victory and nothing would deter APC from taking over all Kwara.