The Director-General of the City Boy Movement, Francis Oluwatosin Shoga, has vowed to mobilise no less than 10 million youth votes for President Bola Tinubu within the January 2027 presidential election.
Shoga mentioned the motion was increasing its grassroots buildings throughout the nation and had registered 4.6 million members on its nationwide database as a part of efforts to mobilise assist for Tinubu’s re-election.
He pledged in an handle to the President at an occasion organised by the City Boy Movement, the place he reaffirmed the organisation’s dedication to selling the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda and interesting younger Nigerians throughout the nation.
“Mr President, on behalf of the City Boy Movement, I guarantee Your Excellency that we’re mobilising with self-discipline, organising with goal, and dealing with dedication.
“We are committed to delivering a minimum of 10 million Nigerian youth votes in January 2027 in support of the Renewed Hope Agenda,” Shoga mentioned.
He mentioned the motion had engaged greater than 50,000 younger Nigerians via its Renewed Hope Youth Tour throughout the nation’s six geopolitical zones.
According to him, the organisation had additionally taken its message to all 36 states of the federation, strengthening its grassroots buildings and interesting younger Nigerians on the insurance policies and programmes of the Tinubu administration.
Shoga listed Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo, Borno, Kano, Delta, and Bayelsa among the many states the place the motion had not too long ago engaged, alongside actions in different elements of the nation.
He mentioned the motion was constructing an in depth community throughout the 36 states, the Federal Capital Territory and the 774 native authorities areas, with buildings extending to wards and polling models.
“Our approach combines digital communication with physical engagement because effective mobilisation requires both technology and personal contact. It requires a message that inspires, structures that organise, and leaders who are prepared to serve with humility and dedication,” he mentioned.
The City Boy Movement’s actions, in response to Shoga, embody city corridor conferences, house-to-house outreach, market engagements, campus programmes, group conferences and social media campaigns.
He mentioned the organisation supposed to succeed in younger Nigerians in cities, villages, colleges, workplaces and neighbourhoods to encourage participation in nationwide growth.
Shoga disclosed that the City Boy Movement had registered 4.6 million members on its nationwide database, describing the determine as proof of its increasing attain and grassroots engagement.
“Your Excellency, I am pleased and honoured to report that the City Boy Movement has registered 4.6 million members on its national database,” he mentioned.
He added that the motion’s ambition prolonged past membership figures to constructing an organised platform centered on self-discipline, patriotism, accountable citizenship and nationwide growth.
“Our goal is not simply to become the largest youth movement in Nigeria. Our goal is to become the most disciplined, impactful, patriotic, and development-oriented youth movement in Africa,” Shoga mentioned.
The director-general mentioned the motion drew inspiration from Tinubu’s political journey and the reforms undertaken by his administration, together with gasoline subsidy removing, international change reforms, income mobilisation, infrastructure growth, housing, schooling, agriculture and efforts to strengthen the oil and fuel sector.
He mentioned the organisation’s mission was to tell and have interaction younger Nigerians, assist them perceive authorities insurance policies and encourage their participation in shaping the nation’s future.
Shoga additionally appealed to Tinubu to create extra alternatives for certified and competent younger Nigerians to serve in authorities.
While acknowledging the appointment of younger Nigerians to positions within the administration, he mentioned extra may very well be completed to broaden youth participation in governance.
“Mr President, the City Boy Movement is investing its time, vitality, sources, and organisational capability in constructing grassroots buildings and interesting younger Nigerians throughout the nation.
“We are not here merely to ask for recognition. We are here to demonstrate our readiness to serve,” he mentioned.
He urged the President to contemplate competent and certified members of the motion for public service alternatives as positions turned accessible, stressing that appointments ought to be guided by competence, integrity, capability, patriotism and dedication to nationwide growth.
Shoga additionally counseled Seyi Tinubu, patron of the City Boy Movement, for his involvement in youth engagement and efforts to create platforms for younger Nigerians to take part in nationwide growth.
He praised the motion’s state administrators, executives, coordinators, grassroots leaders and volunteers for his or her contributions to increasing its buildings and interesting younger folks throughout the federation.
Shoga mentioned the organisation remained dedicated to peaceable political participation and grassroots mobilisation as Nigeria approached the 2027 normal election.
He assured Tinubu that the motion would intensify its actions throughout states, native authorities areas, wards and communities to speak its message of hope, unity and nationwide growth.
“This is more than a political assignment. It is a generational mission,” he mentioned.
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