APC Chair Ganduje: Nigerian Parties Lack Identity, Ideology

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The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has voiced concerns over the lack of clear identity and ideology among political parties in Nigeria. Ganduje emphasized that this ambiguity results in frequent defections among politicians from one party to another.

Mr. Ganduje made this statement while officially appointing the party’s zonal coordinators nationwide.

He insisted on the necessity of improving the situation.

He said the zonal coordinators would be in charge of the six geo-political zones of the country.

Mr Ganduje named Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo as the coordinator for the South-East, Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara as the coordinator for the North-Central, and Gov. Mai Mala Buni as the coordinator for the North-East.

He also named Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna state as the North-West coordinator, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to serve as the South-West coordinator, and Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River as the South-South coordinator.

Mr Ganduje said the governors were expected to initiate periodic interfaces with the party’s leadership.

“They should liaise with the party to commence the immediate process of genuine reconciliation of aggrieved members in the geo-political zone.

“Mobilise governors of the zones to effectively and physically participate in the party’s activities in the zone, consult with governors and resolve issues that will further enhance its progress and unity.

“They are also to assist the party in resource mobilization, serve the party, and participate in any other activity that may be assigned by the party,” he said.

“We want to change the narrative, we want our political party to be active throughout the year, therefore, all our offices must be physically operational, all our offices must be functionally operational.

“Right from the local government to the state level, there must be activities throughout, but this cannot happen by chance,” he said.

Responding, Mr Uzodimma, also the chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), expressed delight and commended the party’s leadership for the initiative.

“We are very delighted and happy that the party in its wisdom, introduced this new policy of proper coordination, we at the PGF have a membership of 20 governors which means 20 states currently being governed by APC.

Mr. Uzodimma stated, “We have to start from there to ensure an inclusive participation of all our party members, and to take this participation to the grassroots, I think that is the wisdom behind this inauguration.”

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