APC National Secretary disburses N66.4 million in grants to 332 Osun party members

Senator Ajibola Basiru, the National Secretary of Nigeria's All Progressives Congress (APC), has distributed N66.4 million in business grants to 332 party members in Osun State. The beneficiaries, drawn from wards across the state, each received N200,000 at an event in Osogbo.

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All our members are working assiduously to ensure the victory of our party in the August 15 election. Our own tactics and strategy are predicated on mobilisation, education and ensuring that people identify with our party, not violence.

Basiru, who is also the head of the Alubarika Movement, described the organization as a mobilization arm of the APC. He stated that the initiative is intended to ensure the party's victory in the August 15 governorship election. "All our members are working assiduously to ensure the victory of our party in the August 15 election," Basiru said, emphasizing a strategy focused on "mobilization, education and ensuring that people identify with our party, not violence."

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332 people in each ward, and we did N200,000 for each of them, making N66.4 million that we distributed to our members today. In the coming months, we are going to do additional empowerment to support our members in whatever trade and vocation they are doing.

He urged the recipients to use the funds to support their businesses and improve their lives, clarifying that no administrative charges would be collected and the money should not be used for mobilization efforts, as separate funds are allocated for that purpose. Basiru also pledged additional empowerment programs in the coming months.

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Just as I told them when I was addressing them, nobody is going to collect administrative charges from them, and they should not use it for mobilisation. We already have money to mobilise. They should use it to support their business so that they can better their lives.

The APC's governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, expressed support for the initiative, calling it "massive and encouraging" and "service to humanity." He believes such programs will stabilize party members and motivate them to work harder for a convincing APC win on August 15. The article notes that political parties are employing various tactics to woo voters ahead of the election, with the current governor also intensifying efforts to empower young entrepreneurs.

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This empowerment by the National Secretary of our party is massive and encouraging. This is service to humanity. This will go a long way in stabilising our party members.