The Director-General and Convener of the Youth for Tinubu Initiative, Ajibola Afolayan, has announced a total restructuring and expansion of YTI in Oyo State, alongside the launch of a new youth political force, the BSA Youth Movement, in support of the APC governorship candidate, Senator Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli.
In a statement made available to journalists, Afolayan noted that the development signals the start of aggressive, door-to-door mobilisation to secure President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election and deliver APC victory across the entire ballot in Oyo State in the coming general election.
According to him, the group was founded in 2021 to mobilise youth for then-Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, adding that the group subsequently became one of the key youth structures that powered Tinubu’s emergence as President in 2023.
Afolayan further said that the organisation is being re-engineered for a more decisive 2027.
He added that the repositioned Youth for Tinubu Initiative will lead grassroots mobilisation for President Tinubu’s re-election bid.
The newly launched BSA Youth Movement, he said, will serve as the dedicated youth structure for Senator BSA’s governorship campaign in Oyo.
Afolayan further stated that the network will mobilise young professionals, entrepreneurs, students, artisans, farmers, community organisers and political activists to build a physical APC presence that translates directly into votes.
He reaffirmed YTI’s commitment to President Tinubu’s re-election, citing subsidy removal, FX reforms, tax reforms, NELFUND, CNG expansion, and massive investments in roads, rail, power, agriculture and youth empowerment as justification for continuity.
The director-general of the group noted that while YTI remains focused on the presidential campaign, the Oyo 2027 governorship contest requires a dedicated youth structure.
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“The BSA Youth Movement will remain focused on Senator Alli’s campaign while operating in synergy with YTI to deliver APC victory across the ballot.
“We are not starting from zero. Youth for Tinubu Initiative was established in 2021, and we have travelled this political road before. We understand what mobilisation requires, we understand the grassroots, and we understand the importance of building structures that survive beyond social media.
“But the scope goes beyond the top of the ticket. The structure will also drive coordinated support for APC’s 3 Senatorial candidates, all House of Representatives candidates, and all State House of Assembly candidates in Oyo State.
We are building a structure that will engage the electorate across the entire ballot. Every level of representation matters, and every candidate requires a strong grassroots connection.
“The renewed YTI and BSA Youth Movement will deploy across Oyo’s five zones — Ibadan, Oke-Ogun, Ogbomoso, Oyo and Ibarapa — with structures cascading into all 33 LGAs, wards, polling units, streets and communities.
“The new mobilisation strategy deliberately moves beyond rallies and social media. The focus is direct, person-to-person engagement.
If we want the people to hear us, we must be prepared to go to the people. We will mobilise, galvanise, engage and canvass. We will go from house to house, ward to ward and community to community. We will speak with the people, listen to their concerns and present the records and programmes of the candidates we are supporting.
“Oyo State deserves a conversation about competence, experience, capacity, inclusion and the future. That is the conversation BSA Youth Movement intends to take to the grassroots.
“The political season has entered another phase. The structure is ready, the youths are ready, and we are taking the campaign to the people,” he concluded.
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