The wife of the Katsina State deputy governor, Hajiya Mariam Buhari, has been named the Tinubu Campaign Organization’s national coordinator ahead of the official start of the campaigns by candidates for elected seats next month.
The announcement was made on Thursday at the conclusion of the Tinubu Support Organization (TSO) meeting by Otunba Gboyega Bada, the organization’s national secretary.
The new development, according to Bada, was the result of a restructuring exercise in the Tinubu Campaign Organization for effective communication and synergy. She also named Mrs. Ayodele Fatunsin as the Deputy National Coordinator.
He said: “Today we decided to have a sort of restructuring to enhance our performance. We must increase our communication within and outside the organisation, and our collaboration with other groups propagating the emergence of our principal as the next President of Nigeria.
“In this regard, we now agree that a small restructure and the appointment of a National Coordinator and a Deputy National Coordinator is the only thing that has changed.
“There is a unanimous decision that Hajiya Mariam Buhari, wife of the Deputy Governor of Katsina State be appointed as the National Coordinator. We need someone who has that capacity, who can move, who has unhindered access not only to our principals but to all regions, leaders in APC and other groups because the Tinubu Support Organisation we are looking for voters; voters where we can find and that is the reason for appointing her as the National Coordinator.
“We went further to agree that another woman is appointed too, from the south as Deputy National Coordinator. Let me also say that because of the exigency of the situation now we have to move TSO for better performance. The name of the Deputy Mrs Ayodele Fatunsin.”
