From Layi Olanrewaju, Ilorin
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has challenged Nigerians in the diaspora to go home and vote or mobilise support for Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election.
Speaking in Newark, New Jersey, United States at The Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) Summit (Awards and Dinner), organised by the Nigeria Diaspora for Asiwaju (North America), the governor emphasised the imperatives of working hard on the BAT Project for national growth and unity.
AbdulRazaq was represented by a Chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Oloriewe Adedoyin, who delivered the governor’s paper.
“You must organise, you must sensitise, you must mobilise and you must vote,” he said.
The governor, an avowed Tinubu campaigner, who described Tinubu as a foremost supporter of the OtoGe Movement in Kwara State, spoke on the topic: A New Nigeria is possible with Asiwaju/Shettima.
AbdulRazaq said the summit demonstrated that Nigerians in diaspora rooting for Tinubu were already organising and sensitising themselves to the imperatives of a Tinubu presidency.
“However, you now need to go beyond just organising and sensitising yourselves; you need to sensitise and mobilise Nigerians at home who value your contributions to their economic wellbeing,” he said.
The governor told the Diaspora BAT devotees that ultimately, they must go home and cast their ballot for Tinubu and other APC candidates.
“It is heart-warming that a sizeable number of Nigerians in diaspora registered at home to vote. You must go home and vote. Your vote is more than the individual ballot you cast. Your vote has a spiral effect on our people who value you and see you as role models, and pillars of support,” he said.