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Renewed Hope Ambassadors group has not been dissolved, Uzodinma says

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  • Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma said the Renewed Hope Ambassadors remains active despite the creation of the APC Presidential Campaign Council.
  • He said the group, established by President Bola Tinubu, will promote the administration’s achievements and continue operating after the election.
  • Uzodinma announced a September summit for elected and appointed political officeholders, which Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima are expected to address.

Hope Uzodinma called an emergency meeting in Abuja to reassure members that the Renewed Hope Ambassadors had not been dissolved. Anxiety had spread among state coordinators after reports that the group could be dismantled ahead of the campaigns.

Uzodinma, who serves as the organisation’s director-general and is governor of Imo State, said the newly formed APC Presidential Campaign Council did not change the group’s status or mandate. He described the council as an election-focused structure, while presenting the ambassadors as a permanent organisation created by President Bola Tinubu.

Renewed Hope Ambassadors was created by Mr President, not by Senator Hope Uzodinma, and upon the creation of Renewed Hope Ambassadors, we were charged with the responsibility of taking the achievements of the government of President Bola Tinubu to the people, to educate the people, to create awareness, to let the people know the difference between the Nigeria before 2023 and Nigeria after 2023.

— Hope UzodinmaHe explained the group’s origin and its role in promoting the Tinubu administration.

“Renewed Hope Ambassadors was created by Mr President, not by Senator Hope Uzodinma, and upon the creation of Renewed Hope Ambassadors, we were charged with the responsibility of taking the achievements of the government of President Bola Tinubu to the people, to educate the people, to create awareness, to let the people know the difference between the Nigeria before 2023 and Nigeria after 2023.”

He said the group’s media tour across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones was already under way. “I’ve invited you to let you know that nothing has changed. The constitution of the presidential campaign council is a political issue that happens every time there is an election.”

I’ve invited you to let you know that nothing has changed. The constitution of the presidential campaign council is a political issue that happens every time there is an election.

— Hope UzodinmaHe sought to reassure members that the campaign council had not replaced the ambassadors group.

Uzodinma said the ambassadors would continue their work after the election. “You are like the barracks. Soldiers will come, soldiers will go, the barracks will remain.” He also said President Tinubu had instructed him to repeat that the organisation remained in place.

In the third week of September, the group plans to hold a summit with the Progressive Governors Forum and local government chairmen. Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima are expected to address elected and appointed political officeholders at the event.

You are like the barracks. Soldiers will come, soldiers will go, the barracks will remain.

— Hope UzodinmaHe contrasted the campaign council’s temporary electoral role with the ambassadors group’s continuing structure.
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Originally published by The Punch in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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