Ogbeh Leads Committee to Raise N5bn for Buhari from Yams Farmers

A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Audu Ogbeh, will on January 4 inaugurate the sale of five million tubers of yam donated by farmers to raise N5 billion for the Buhari/Osibajo presidential campaign.

The Public Relations Officer of APC Micro Finance Cooperative Society Ltd, Mrs. Felicia Yakzum, said in a statement yesterday in Jos that sales would commence at Mararaban Demshin in Qua’an Pan Local Government Area of Plateau State.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), she said an APC organised New Year wrestling tournament and the “Job Opportunities for Osinbajo and Buhari Supporters (JOOBS)” would also be inaugurated.

Yakzum said Ogbeh was behind the yam initiative and has been appointed chairman for the sales.

The spokesperson said JOOBS on the other hand, would create opportunities to 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/Yemi Osinbajo ticket.”

She said those targeted were secondary school leavers, retrenched workers, pensioners, physically challenged persons, and the internally displaced with valid voters’ card.