The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has met with the governorship and National Assembly candidates of the party ahead of the 2023 general election.

Tinubu who said he had been eager to meet with the party’s candidates urged them to ensure they do not disappoint members of the party who elected them to fly the party’s tickets at the polls.

He said with the many “unproductive years” of the former Peoples Democratic Party’s government, Nigerians and members of the APC are expecting a new lease of life from the candidates.

“I am pleased to meet with you today because in you I see our party’s hope and path to success. In you I see the hope of historic national progress as well.

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“As so often in life, victory is not a cause for rest or celebration. It is a call to a greater challenge and harder toil. Thus, you all have won the primaries but now must climb the higher mountain called the general elections.

“We formed the APC, not just to be another political party. We formed it as a champion of the people to rescue democracy from the ravages of the PDP who boasted of ruling the nation for 60 years.

“We formed this party to rescue the people and their collective prosperity from the avarice and greed of an elite that will devour the nation’s God-given endowment if we allow such people back into power. As those flying our party’s flag, we carry a heavy burden on our shoulders.

“We have the mandate to deliver the party to victory so that we may protect Nigeria from those who would devour all of its fruits.

“The party has placed its trust in us. Democratic victory in the coming elections is a task we must accomplish,” Tinubu stated.

The APC presidential flag-bearer urged the party’s candidates to go to the polls starting from the presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25 to the governorship and state assembly elections on March 11 with a united front.

“Everyone must collectively work for the party’s victory in all elections to ensure that the party’s project of growth and development for the nation is assured,” he added.

The meeting was attended by the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu; Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; and House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila; among others.

The Star