FORMER PDP CHAIRMAN, AUDU OGBE TO LEAD COMMITTEE TO RAISE N5BN FOR BUHARI FROM YAMS

Audu Ogbe

A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Audu Ogbe, would on January 4 inaugurate the sale of five million tubers of yam donated by farmers to raise N5 billion for the Muhammadu Buhari/Yemi Osibajo presidential campaign.
Buhari and Osinbajo are the presidential and vice presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress for the 2015 general election.
Felicia Yakzum, the Public Relations Officer of APC Micro Finance Cooperative Society Limited, said in a statement on Thursday in Jos, Plateau State that the sale would commence at Mararaban Demshin in Qua’an Pan Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Yakzum said that an APC organised New Year wrestling tournament and the Job Opportunities for Osinbajo and Buhari Supporters would also be inaugurated.
Yakzum said Ogbe was behind the yam initiative and has been appointed chairman for the sale.
The spokesperson said JOOBS on the other hand would create opportunities for unemployed youths nationwide to be engaged meaningfully to enhance their lives.
Yakzum said: “We have constituted a committee charged with the responsibility of creating job opportunities for youth supporters of the Muhammadu Buhari/Prof. Yemi Osinbajo ticket.”
She said those targeted were secondary school leavers, retrenched workers, pensioners, physically challenged persons, and the internally displaced with valid voter card.