APC CONVENTION: Frontline Youth Advocate, “Triple Tee” Throws Weight Behind “Titilope Gbadamosi” As People’s Heroine Is Gallantly in Motion to Become Next S’West Zonal Youth Leader
APC CONVENTION: Frontline Youth Advocate, “Triple Tee” Throws Weight Behind “Titilope Gbadamosi” As People’s Heroine Is Gallantly in Motion to Become Next S’West Zonal Youth Leader.
In a few days from now, precisely on the 26th March, 2022 delegates from all the 36 states of the federation and FCT will gather in Abuja to (s)elect new national and zonal executives for the ruling All Progressive Congress(APC). The exercise clearly presents our party with another huge opportunity to correct some of the anomalies of the most recent past and start on a clean bill of health. The Convention of Saturday thus holds a significant edge in deciding the fate of our party particularly as the 2023 general elections draws near.
As competition for party portfolios get intense with several individuals jostling for different executive positions within the party, the party must however pay strong focus to its youth wing and ensure only conscious, capable and proven youth are put in leadership positions. With increased demands for youth participation in politics and a recent complementary agitation for youth leadership, it is evident that the youths of Nigeria will play a huge decider in the political firmament of the country going forward. It then becomes very crucial to evolve a strategy to aggregate their interest and number. It takes a deep to call unto another.
While a number of youths have shown aspiration in different party positions for Saturday national congress of the APC, I am compelled to make a huge case for the candidacy Hon. Titilope Gbadamosi-Adebayo, who is pushing to become the Southwest Zonal Youth Leader of our party. Aside from her rich political and academic credentials, Titi is a noted and acceptable face within the party who is followed by a large number of APC youth nationally. She has done great works in synergizing various youth groups and dutifully aggregating their interests.
She is an excellent speaker, active listener and good motivator with exceptional decision-making and problem-solving skills. To her credit, she has taken several first initiatives to promote the founding goals of our party. Notably among which are; Women Too Initiatives, 2021 Wardup Campaign, Oyo State APC.. She served as the Special Assistant on Community Relations to Oyo State Governor, His Excellency, (Late) Senator Abiola Ajimobi. And for her sterling leadership qualities was deservedly appointed as a research and documentation consultant to the minister of youth and sport, Chief Sunday Dare. Titi has also served in different capacities within the party. She was a member Legislative Bye-Election Committee of APC, Akure North/Akure South Federal Constituency, Ondo State and member, Oyo APC State Congress Screening Committee amongst several others.
I can swear to a one million page affidavit that should Titi Gbadamosi be considered for this important party position, the party can rest assured of the biggest youth driven political mobilization never seen since the fourth republic began in 1999. This is because the key to successful leadership today is influence not authority. Titi sits well among the youths. Her charismatic personality, leadership qualities, great mass-base, organizing skills will surely be bounteous for the future of our party.
Are we going to pass this huge privilege and succumb to puerile exigency and/or cheap primordial calculus. Time will tell.
Adegbola Oluwaseun (Triple Tee) writes from Ibadan.