The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, has assured the party members that his leadership would not listen to those who are working against the unity of the party.
Mr Ganduje gave the assurance Wednesday in Abuja while addressing elders and leaders of the ruling party from the North-central under the platform of Concerned North-central APC Stakeholders who were on solidarity visit at the national secretariat of the party.
The APC chairman stressed the importance of having a stable political party that is focused, ready to win election any time anywhere.
He said: “I am so happy that you realise the importance of having a stable political party that is focused, ready to win election any time anywhere.
“There is no doubt that there is an opposition but we believe with your cooperation, we will not continue to listen to undesirable elements who are not focused, who are not real party men, who want to see us that we are in disarray.
“We have no place for that, we are people, politicians who are committed. We know we are forging ahead so we thank you for these your resolutions. We thank you for this your commitment.”
Responding, the leader of the delegation and a former Senate President, Ameh Ebute, expressed happiness that Mr Ganduje’s leadership was adopting technology and innovation in the management of the party affairs.
Mr Ebute said: “We are from communities in Benue, Plateau, Kogi, Niger, Nasarawa, FCT, and Kwara States. We are true representatives of the leadership and members of our great Party across States in North Central Nigeria.
“We have by our own free will, and as a collective of true progressives, decided to pay Your Excellency this solidarity visit because we believe this is the best time to physically express our appreciation of the great things you have been doing for our great Party since you were sworn into the office of the National Chairman.
“Therefore, this is a solidarity visit to our respected National Chairman by Party members of North Central Nigeria to ask and demand that you continue to do more for our Party.
“Of course, Mr Chairman, we are not unaware of growing calls by some elements of the Party from the North Central Zone for reversal of the occupant of the office of the National Chairman based on the zoning arrangements that made Senator Abdullahi Adamu, your predecessor, who is from Nasarawa State in the North Central Zone, the National Chairman of our Party before he resigned in 2023.
“While we acknowledge the efforts of these advocates of returning the Chairman’s office to North Central Zone, we however, believe that the more compelling reason for anybody to advance the manner of person that will occupy the office of the National Chairman of our Party should be about consideration for track record of performance as shown in winning political contests against the opposition.
“Equally important is how the rank-and-file members of the Party are directly benefiting from the activities of the Party across the country.
“When we put all these together, we came to the conclusion that you, Your Excellency, ticks all the boxes for a performing excellent Chairman. Indeed, you’re not just a performing National Chairman but a National Chairman that had done the most in the shortest possible time to positively impact individual members of our great party while our party have also recorded impressive electoral strides bereft of rancour under your leadership.”
Responding, Mr Ganduje, who addressed the mammoth crowd at the party House, assured the leaders and members of the APC from the North-central that his leadership would not listen to those who were trying to work against the unity of the party.
He said: “I am so happy that you realise the importance of having a stable political party that is focused, ready to win election any time anywhere.
“There is no doubt that there is an opposition but we believe with your cooperation, we will not continue to listen to undesirable elements who are not focused, who are not real party men, who want to see us that we are in disarray.
“We have no place for that, we are people, politicians who are committed. We know we are forging ahead so we thank you for these your resolutions. We thank you for this your commitment.”
