Chinelo Obogo

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has promised to compensate members who are able to win for the party in their various polling units. 

Speaking with party stakeholders at the police college grounds in Ikeja, Lagos, he said he decided to change his tradition of providing money for logistics and mobilisation before elections and opted for compensation of members who would win in their polling units.

He also urged members to work hard to deliver not less than three million votes for President Muhammadu Buhari. He said he promised the president that he would give his all, including spending his personal resources to ensure his victory.

“I want you our party members to go all out and vote massively for President Muhammadu Buhari. You must deliver at least three million votes or more to the president to show that the whole state is firmly for him.

“I have been made the co-chairman of the APC presidential campaign committee because of the trust in me and party members. We should justify that trust and give our best for Buhari and Osinbajo.

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“Traditionally, I usually dish out money a day to the election for mobilisation and to aid our members in logistics. But this time around, I have changed my strategy. I have decided that I will no longer give money before the election but I will have the list of all our members and compensate those who deliver their polling units; the higher the number of votes, the more the compensation.

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“When I say I will do something, I will do it. The compensation I plan to give is already in the bank but I won’t tell you which bank. I am not here to buy votes or make empty promises. In Lagos, we do not believe in violence and we don’t rig elections. We are confident that we will win.

“Election has been made very easy and it is imperative that everyone votes. The Independent National Electoral Commission (UNEC) has made voting very simple and it will cost nothing to go to the polling unit to vote.

“I want to thank all the party leaders who went round to areas where we had issues to resolve the crisis there and appeal for peace. If it is not your turn today, it will be your turn tomorrow. We are grateful to all those who listened to us and obeyed our directives,” Tinubu said.