The chairman, Coalition of All Atiku Support Groups, Lagos State, Mark Iheanyi has decried alleged lack of campaign materials for about 800 pro-Atiku groups in the state, saying that the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, risks losing over four million voters from the state if nothing is done to end “the lingering denial of campaign materials and grants.
The
coalition complained that coordinators of these groups in Lagos and
some South West states are using their money to facilitate members to
all PDP rallies without grants from campaign headquarters. Iheanyi said:
“The leadership of the party has never told us that the support groups will not be compensated for their efforts.
The tactical manner they are going about it needs to be re-examined.
Even when PDP leaders had a meeting with the coordinators of the groups
in Lagos, they went home disgruntled. “Something has to be done fast
before our teeming members are demoralised and forced to abandon the
campaign. Given the 6.6 million voting population of Lagos State, we
require at least two campaign buses for each of the three senatorial
zones”.
Iheanyi who is also the Founder/National Chairman,
Atiku Leadership Forum, Lagos, said the priority of the coalition is to
win the February 16 presidential election, and succeed the ruling party,
adding that until the eyes of leaders in PDP are opened to the
realities, this kind of subtle, but frustrating reactions from the
coordinators and their members would lead to failure. He warned the
party and the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, APCO, against
anything that would slow down the tempo of the campaign to avoid losing
these groups and the election in Lagos
Source:- Vanguardngr
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