August 03, (THEWILL) – The newly elected National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has promised that the party, under his watch, will give priority to internal democracy.
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the APC, at its meeting on Thursday, elected former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, as the National Chairman of the party
The party’s NEC also elected former Senate Spokesman, Ajibola Basiru, from Osun State, as National Secretary.
The two party officials were elected at the 12th NEC meeting of the party held at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton in Abuja.
While addressing the party leaders after his emergence, Ganduje pledged to ensure a scientific register of party members and pay utmost attention to election management and conflict resolution.
He assured that there would be a level playing field for all party members during party primaries.
Ganduje, who promised to hit the ground running to ensure victory for the party in all forthcoming governorship elections across the country, also solicited the cooperation of members and leaders of the party.
Addressing the 12th NEC meeting of the party, which also has in attendance the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, members of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, the leadership of the National Assembly and other chieftains of the party, President Bola Tinubu said the APC has won the elections and it is now time to deliver the promises of good governance to the people.
Speaking further, President Tinubu insisted that the 2023 election was the best in Nigeria’s history.
Former President Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, were absent at the meeting.
The NEC meeting followed Wednesday’s session of the APC National Caucus.
THEWILL recalls that Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Senator Iyiola Omisore resigned as the party’s National Chairman and National Secretary respectively in controversial circumstances in July 2023.
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AYO ESAN, has been actively reporting and analyzing political events for different newspapers for over 18 years. He has also successfully covered national and state elections in Nigeria since the inception of this democracy in 1999.
