A group of support group leaders under the auspices of the Amalgamated APC Support Groups (AAS)] known as ‘AASG LikeMinds’ have unanimously agreed to vote for Alhaji Salman Akorede as the next Director-General of the AASG in the forthcoming elections of the group slated for March 2024.
The group made this known after their stakeholders meeting held on Thursday, 1st February to interact with all the aspirants to the office; where only Alhaji Akorede graced the meeting with his presence out of all the aspirants invited to the meeting.
Akorede provided satisfactory answers to so many questions bordering on his strategies to reposition the AASG for efficient and effective delivery of the mandate of the support groups to the ruling party, in 2027 if elected, hence earning the vote of confidence of the group.
The members of AASG Likeminds group however expressed their joy and satisfaction over the level of Akorede’s educational qualifications and his preparedness for the assignment.
“After a critical and objective assessment and analysis of his credentials which met with the standard of the group, we therefore call on all the eligible National Coordinators of support groups within the AASG family to rally round Akorede and give him the needed support for him to emerge as the next Director-General of AASG,” said Hon. Olusola Orelaja, the Convener of the meeting.
Hajia Rekia Ibrahim Amedu, the Secretary of the group also explained that “the AASG Likeminds are a conglomeration of over 550 National Coordinators/Directors-General of Support Groups spread across the 36 states of the Federation and the FCT.
She further stated that “the Organisation came into being as a follow-up to the bastardisation, maltreatment and lack of recognition of support groups before, during and after the 2023 general elections in Nigeria.
“The Organisation was established immediately after the dissolution of the past Executive Council by our parent body, APC.”
“The AASG like minds was formed to guide against the possibility of an unqualified and inexperienced person from finding his or her way into such a sensitive position of the DG that would be leading well over Two Thousand Support Group leaders.”
Alhaji Salman Akorede is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA), a Certified Institute of Internal Auditors (CIA), a Certified Information Security Auditors (CISA) and Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGET). He also has a certification in Governance Risk and Compliance Auditing (GRCA) and a Project Management Professional (PMP).
He has worked extensively in diverse Public and Private Sector Organisations in the United States of America for over 16yrs, Nigeria and the Middle East, assisting to meet several Governance, Risk Compliance and Audit Related requirements.
Alhaji Akorede is the National Coordinator, Abibat Mogaji Benefits Vanguard 4 BAT worldwide; Lagos State Coordinator of Amalgamated APC Support Groups; and National Director, ICT AASG.
Salman is a Grandson of the President’s Mother, Alhaja Abibat Ashabi Mogaji, a connection which gives the AASG the type of leverage desirable for a great experience for its members under the present administration.
