Tinubu’s campaign would be driven more by women, says Keyamo

Minister of State for Labour and Spokesman for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, has said that the campaign of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the APC would be driven more by women.

Starnews Nigeria reports that Keyamo gave this hint while baring his mind on the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu’s chances against Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in an exclusive interview published by the Punch Newspaper on Monday.

When he was asked why the women’s campaign team of the ruling APC was inaugurated before the main presidential council, Keyamo said; “We made a conscious decision that this campaign would be driven more by women. That’s also because we are conscious of the importance of women in politics because they are more committed, loyal, and the best mobilisers when it comes to campaigning. Whoever doesn’t discover that early is headed for doom. We also know for a fact that women are hardly disloyal, unlike when we have flip-flops on the part of men. That is reflected in the kind of passion you saw on the day the women’s wing was inaugurated at the State House.

“So, we thought the women should be given pride of place and inaugurated first. We didn’t want to bury them inside the structure of a male-dominated campaign council.

“Besides, this has always been the tradition of the APC. We did that in 2015 and 2019 if you remember. The only difference is that we just decided to inaugurate them ahead of others this year”, he added

When confronted with another question why the ruling APC is banking on women when the opposition, including the Labour Party, is looking at the strength of the youth, Keyamo however amended his statement by saying, “It is women and young people if you ask me. There is actually a directorate carved out for youths in the campaign council headed by the governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. He is the director of youth mobilisation across the country. So, it is not just all about women alone. The youths are also given priority.”