The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the unity of the party’s members is critical to its development and the country generally.
APC Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Secretary, Alhaji Zakari Babale said this on Thursday, July 11, in Abuja while receiving into the party, Dr Ahmed Ibrahim, who recently retired as legal advisor and director legal from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
Babale, who is also the xhairman APC FCT Secretary’s Forum, expressed optimism that Ibrahim would help reposition and revive the party ahead of 2027 general election.
Admitting that the FCT chapter of the party had some challenges, he said it was not time for its members to grumble, but a time to join efforts with the President Bola Tinubu-led administration in building a better society for all.
He said the unity and commitment of the APC’s members in ensuring the implementation of Tinubu’s Renewal Hope Agenda was critical to the country’s development.
The APC chieftain advised that when opposition political parties were doing everything to pull President Tinubu and the party down through negative propaganda, its members should remain committed to it.
He, therefore, called on the party’s members to be united in projecting the federal government’s policies and programmes in the interest of all.
He further called on Nigerians to continue to be patient with President Tinubu, adding that his economy programmes and policies maybe painful, it was all for the good of the country at the long run.
Babale, who received Ibrahim on behalf of the council’s chairman, Alhaji Abbas Baba, described him as a great asset who had proved himself in service to the country over the years.
He said the coming of Ibrahim who had never been into politics into the APC was very strategic.
The new entrant, Ibrahim said he joined the APC out of conviction that it meant well for Nigerians, saying there was need for all to support the vision and policies of President Tinubu in moving the country forward.
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He noted that in spite of the country’s challenges, Tinubu had done so much in the areas of security, agriculture, education, health, youth, human capital development and social investment.
He added that the president’s Renewed Hope Agenda was already working, especially in the area of youth inclusion in politics and governance.
He said the Tinubu-led administration had stabilised the polity and was working on recovering the country’s economic as well as improving its bilateral relationship with other countries.
Ibrahim added that the administration had also given voice to the voiceless, especially in the areas of human rights and all inclusive appointments.
“In this regard all hands must be on deck to support the president in his Renewed Hope Agenda, in other to move the country forward and move it to a greater and enviable height.”
He further said that he was joining the APC to help build it and contribute his quota to national development, adding that all hands must be on deck to development the country.