Tinubu/Shettima Independent Campaign Council deploys ICC Chart for mobilisation

By Ikechukwu Okaforadi

Tinubu/Shettima Independent Campaign Council (ICC) yesterday unveiled an Application; ICC Charts, which the Council plans to deploy for the purpose of mobilising grassroots support for the victory of the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election.

Briefing journàlists yesterday in Abuja, former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Silas Agara, who is also the National Coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima Independent Campaign Council, said the Application is designed to mobilise an unprecedented number of votes never witnessed in the history of presidential elections in Nigeria.

Agara, flanked by the group’s Deputy National Coordinators of both North and South, said the Independent Campaign Council will also review its work plan to ensure the victory of Tinubu/Shettima ticket.

According to him, “The ICC is a tactical and strategic organ of Tinubu/Shettima ticket, which is saddled with primary responsibility of supporting the dynamic Presidential Campaign Council for Tinubu/Shettima ticket. The ICC is a grassroots-based initiative, strategically covering the bottom-up campaign network.

“The ICC Presence is fully rooted in: All the States plus FCT down to the polling units. The ICC is built around Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Ticket, with a well-structured operation manned by a National Coordinator with Deputies overseeing Northern and Southern operations.

“The ICC also has six Directorates that are responsible for: Media, Legal, Logistics and protocol, Admin and Finance, Women and Youth”.

Speaking further, the former Deputy Governor said the ICC is a multidimensional and an all-inclusive approach that has close workings with various committees for maximum engagement with the Nigerian people towards generating the highest number of votes ever witnessed in the history of Nigerian presidential election.

He said the ICC is ICT compliant, creating an advance grassroots networking that will enhance voter confidence leading to the anticipated resounding victory for Tinubu/Shettima and the APC in 2023.

“We have designed a unique model of engagement with our committees and all support groups called the ICC chart; a model that deepens and reasserts hope for greater Nigeria; this renewal of the connection between the people and the APC is what the Tinubu/Shettima presidential initiative seeks to bring about” he said.

Pointing out that the ICC work plan is already been implemented in various States of the federation, Agara said part of the manifesto of the Bola/Shettima

candidacy seeks the building of a 21st Century Economy through; Building Modern infrastructure, Creating a value-added economy, Strengthening good government, Ending our reliance on oil & gas, Agriculture & land; A Green revolution.

Explaining how the Application works, Abiola Oshodi, a Canadian based resource person of the Tinubu/Shettima ICC, said the application can be downloaded in Apple store or Google Play Store, from which the details of the user will be captured automatically, hence there is no room for double registration.

He said the Tinubu/Shettima ICC will also deploy a tactical team to assist supporters on how to use the application, to ensure that Tinubu wins the highest number of votes in the 2023 Presidential election.

Also, in his brief remarks, the Chief spokesman of the Tinubu/Shettima ICC, Hilliard Etah, who was also former acting national chairman of APC, said the Independent Campaign Council complements the Presidential Campaign Council, by picking up from where members of the PCC stops their work.

He explained that the mega rallies across the States are usually planned and executed by the PCC, while the ICC takes off from there to reach out to more Nigerians individually, as a method of boosting the number of support base of the party.