APC youth group City Boy Movement inaugurates ward executives in Lagos West 1
- The City Boy Movement, an APC youth group backing President Tinubu's re-election, inaugurated ward executives for Lagos West 1 in Ikeja.
- Leaders said the ceremony completes the group's structures from state to ward level across Lagos State.
- Speakers urged the new executives to mobilise voters, gather polling unit data and counter misinformation.
The youth wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) known as the City Boy Movement inaugurate ward executives for Lagos West 1 on Thursday, saying the ceremony complete its structures from state level down to the wards across Lagos State.
The event hold for Marcelina's Place in Ikeja and e draw youth leaders, council chairmen, lawmakers and party stakeholders from the 18 local governments and local council development areas (LCDAs) wey Lagos West 1 cover.
Dem set up the movement to push for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Its Lagos State Director-General and Kosofe Local Government chairman, Moyosore Ogunlewe, talk say the new executives now carry the group message go grassroots.
"Mobilise our youths to get their PVCs. We must deliver all our candidates,"
Ogunlewe talk so, referring to the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) wey dem dey use for elections. He also ask members to counter wetin he call fake news and misinformation, and warn say the group no go tolerate disloyalty or insubordination.
The Lagos West 1 Coordinator and Onigbongbo LCDA chairman, Moyosore Adebanjo, credit the Tinubu administration with the end of fuel queues and strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
"People don forget how dem dey queue at fuel stations during festivities,”
he talk. He also talk say council chairmen fit build roads and fund empowerment programmes because of the administration support for local governments.
Wetin dem ask the executives to do
The movement Lagos State Legal Adviser and lawmaker for Oshodi/Isolo Constituency 2, Ladi Ajomale, list projects wey he talk say the President don deliver, including work on the Third Mainland Bridge, the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road and the Badagry-Sokoto Road, and wetin he describe as sanity in the exchange rate system.
He ask the ward executives to educate residents and make sure say dem vote for Tinubu in the 2027 election, wey he put at January 16, 2027.
The Ejigbo LCDA chairman, Taoheed Adebayo Taiwo, talk say the movement don grow into national empowerment platform and get app wey list the President activities. He urge support for all APC candidates and for Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat as the next governor of Lagos State.
The Deputy Zonal Coordinator for Lagos West, Oseni Olabode Ahmed, call the appointments a call to service and talk say Lagos West 1 dey produce the largest votes in the state.
The Lagos State Deputy Director-General and lawmaker for Ifako/Ijaiye Constituency 1, Temitope Adewale Adedeji, talk say the focus must move beyond rallies to organisation at polling unit level.
"We must have a representative in each polling unit,"
he talk.
Other speakers include the Agege Local Government chairman, AbdulGaniyu Obasa; the Ojodu LCDA chairman, David Olusegun Odunmbaku; and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Industry, Training and Development, Adamson Ayinde. The State Coordinator, Sesi Whighan, close the event by asking members to spread the movement message in their communities.
Wetin go happen next
With ward executives now in place, the movement talk say its next task na to register supporters at polling unit level and campaign for APC candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections.
