President Muhammadu Buhari has enjoined the new National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure that the party primaries are not influenced by \u201chighest bidders\u201d.<\/p>\n
The president gave the warning at the 2022 APC National Convention in Abuja.<\/p>\n
He urged party leaders to always promote internal democracy and equal opportunities for all members of the party.<\/p>\n
Buhari called on all politicians and the electorate to abide by the new Electoral Act \u201cto promote the process of election, enhance transparency, fill in existing gaps and add value to Nigeria\u2019s democracy for our democracy to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n
The president, who adduced reasons for his recent intervention in the affairs of the party, said that it was not intended to muzzle dissenting voices.<\/p>\n
\u201cRecently, l had cause to intervene in the leadership crisis which was about to cause confusion in the party.<\/p>\n
\u201dSuch internal disputes are common in young democracies such as ours, but we must avoid overheating the polity and not allow our differences to tear and frustrate the party.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike I said earlier, it does not do anybody or the party any good, when we, as leaders, go down so low and resort to backstabbing and name-calling in the media.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe should learn how to resolve our differences without jeopardizing our personal relationships and the fate of the Party.<\/p>\n
\u201dI want to thank the Progressives Governors\u2019 Forum for heeding to my advice and suggestions in settling the leadership dispute,\u201d he said.
\nHe commended the Caretaker\/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee for steering the ship of the party this far.<\/p>\n
This, he said, included reconciling aggrieved party members, purchasing a new party secretariat and launching an aggressive membership drive that saw three governors defecting into the APC, among others.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to congratulate us all for being part of this history making event and to specially appreciate the Caretaker\/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) which has been on a rescue mission\u00a0under the leadership of Mai Mala Buni, the Yobe State Governor.\u201d<\/p>\n
He lauded the CECPC for successfully piloting the affairs of the Party in the last 18 months and organizing the convention to elect a new National Working Committee that would take over from the Caretaker Committee.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am glad the party under the Caretaker Committee has bounced back to life with the reconciliation of several key and critical stakeholders and groups who had hitherto left the party or were on the verge of leaving the party.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe reconciliation process gave the aggrieved stakeholders a true sense of belonging and assurance.
\n\u201cIt is gratifying that the party recorded massive and unprecedented defections under the Caretaker Committee administration.<\/p>\n
\u201dAPC received three sitting Governors, a Deputy Governor, Senators, Members of the House of Representatives and State Assemblies, and other key officials from opposition parties who defected along with millions of their supporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am impressed to learn that the membership registration and revalidation exercise undertaken by the Caretaker Committee, has recorded over 41 million members.
\n\u201dThis has proved that we are indeed Nigeria\u2019s leading and largest political party.<\/p>\n
\u201dIt also exhibits our numerical strength and the potential to win elections at all given times fairly and squarely,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Buhari called on members of the APC to remain united and strong and also support the incoming leadership of the party.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis convention is coming at a crucial time when we prepare for another round of a general election.
\n\u201dTherefore, the need to remain strong and united for the party to exploit the rich and abundant potentials at its disposal cannot be overemphasized.<\/p>\n
\u201dWe appreciate the right to hold different opinions and aspirations, however, such differences must not be to the detriment of the Party.<\/p>\n
\u201cl passionately appeal to you all to support the incoming National Working Committee (NWC) to promote unity and avoid sentiments that are capable of causing disaffection and disunity.<\/p>\n
\u201dFor those aspiring for party and public offices, your failure to realize such aspirations for Party offices or to fly the Party\u2019s flag, should not be a basis for a campaign of calumny against the party.<\/p>\n
\u201dWe should have the spirit of sportsmanship and always support the party to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n
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