The Director-General of the City Boy Movement, Francis Oluwatosin Shoga, has vowed to mobilise at the least 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 help for Tinubu’s re-election.
He pledged in an deal with 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 fascinating 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 function, and dealing with willpower.
“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 by means of 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 fascinating 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 components of the nation.
He mentioned the motion was constructing an intensive community throughout the 36 states, the Federal Capital Territory and the 774 native authorities areas, with buildings extending to wards and polling items.
“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, embrace city corridor conferences, house-to-house outreach, market engagements, campus programmes, neighborhood conferences and social media campaigns.
He mentioned the organisation meant to achieve younger Nigerians in cities, villages, colleges, workplaces and neighbourhoods to encourage participation in nationwide improvement.
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 improvement.
“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 gas subsidy removing, international trade reforms, income mobilisation, infrastructure improvement, housing, schooling, agriculture and efforts to strengthen the oil and fuel sector.
He mentioned the organisation’s mission was to tell and interact 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 could possibly be carried out to increase youth participation in governance.
“Mr President, the City Boy Movement is investing its time, power, assets, and organisational capability in constructing grassroots buildings and fascinating 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 think about competent and certified members of the motion for public service alternatives as positions grew to become obtainable, stressing that appointments must be guided by competence, integrity, capability, patriotism and dedication to nationwide improvement.
Shoga additionally recommended 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 improvement.
He praised the motion’s state administrators, executives, coordinators, grassroots leaders and volunteers for his or her contributions to increasing its buildings and fascinating 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 improvement.
“This is more than a political assignment. It is a generational mission,” he mentioned.
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