{"id":5154,"date":"2017-09-23T14:53:09","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T14:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=5154"},"modified":"2017-09-23T14:53:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-23T14:53:09","slug":"apc-is-in-good-health-south-south-leaders-reply-sagay-secondus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=5154","title":{"rendered":"APC is in good health, South-South leaders reply Sagay, Secondus."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <strong>Ebireri Henry Ovie<\/strong><br \/>\nSouth-South Leaders on Friday disagreed with Prof. Itse Sagay over the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), advising him not to fuel crisis in the ruling party through wild and baseless allegations.<br \/>\n\u201cAPC is a success story and an example of how democracy can work. There is no confrontation between the stakeholders and the Presidency. The party is controlling the grassroots\u201d the leaders said<br \/>\nAt a meeting on critical issues surrounding democracy and economic development in Nigeria, the leaders commended the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling party for discouraging violence, harmonizing all contending elements to minimize crisis and promoting internal democracy through free and fair elections.<br \/>\n\u201cAPC has made Nigeria stand up on its feet and be counted as one of the few most respected nations on earth\u201d the leaders said.<br \/>\nIn a statement in Calabar, the leaders praised the party\u2019s national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun for changing the face of Nigeria politics and the nature of political discourse in the country, building a sustaining party apparatus, making the party attractive to individuals and groups and defending the electorate.<br \/>\nThe leaders, who were angry over the state of the economy under PDP, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for leading Nigeria\u2019s unprecedented growth, development and prosperity.<br \/>\nParticularly, they praised Buhari for the impressive recovery of the economy from recession and the modernization of the country\u2019s infrastructure.<br \/>\n\u201cPresident Muhammadu Buhari is moving Nigeria towards a higher level of sustainable prosperity\u201d the leaders said.<br \/>\nSigned by the chairman of South- South Front, Chief John Harry, the leaders expressed disappointment over the incessant attack on the party by the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay.<br \/>\nThe leaders were quick to downplay the views of the national coordinator, Freedom and Justice Movement (FJM), Dr. Breakforth Onwunbuya and Uche Secondus, former Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on 2019 general election on the performance of the Buhari-led APC government, telling Nigerians to shun them.<br \/>\nIn a major show of dissent against Sagay, Secondus, and Onwunbuya, the leaders said APC was not collapsing\u201d<br \/>\nThey described Oyegun as a strong and stable leader.<br \/>\n\u201cThe PDP is deeply wounded. It has manifestly failed. APC will take Anambra and Ekiti states off APGA and PDP. It will also win the 2019 general election\u201d the leaders said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are sticking with APC in 2019 the leaders added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ebireri Henry Ovie South-South Leaders on Friday disagreed with Prof. Itse Sagay over the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), advising him not to fuel crisis in the ruling party through wild and baseless allegations. \u201cAPC is a success story and an example of how democracy can work. 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