- •National chairman: ruling party targeting more governors, lawmakers
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has unveiled the party’s plan for victory in the off-cycle elections across the country.
The national chairman said his target was to increase the number of governors and legislators on the party’s platform.
Addressing reporters after inspecting rehabilitation works at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, Ganduje said the APC National Working Committee (NWC) would ensure an all-year-round active party.
The national chairman stressed that he would not wait for the party to be active only during election seasons.
He said: “Our blueprint is to increase the number of legislators that we have in the country; the number of governors that we have in the country and, by implication, the number of state Houses of Assemblies. That is why we said APC will be active throughout the year.
“In our tradition, usually political parties as institutions are only active during the electioneering. But in developed democracies, political parties as institutions are active because they are not only limited to elections and recruitment of membership.
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“It is a two-way traffic: it gives the progress of the government to the people and also gives recommendations on its manifestos. That is how the government is assessed. That is how Renewed Hope is achieved.”
On the rehabilitation works at the party’s headquarters, Ganduje said the projects were geared towards the progress and improved status of the party.
“The ongoing renovation works in our secretariat are for the progress of the party and the nation. Before, there was no church; nobody went to church on the premises. But now, we have a church. The mosque is also undergoing rehabilitation work.
“We have shops to avoid street hawking around the building. And we have a concrete drainage,” he said.
The national chairman also promised to equip the party’s media centre with modern communication facilities for live broadcasts from the centre to various media organisations.