The Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum, PGF Mr Salihu Lukman has called on the All-Progressives Congress, APC, to uphold its ideology and endear itself to the people for it to remain a strong and united party.
Mr Salihu Lukman, who stated this in a press statement, noted that for the party to function effectively, certain steps such as having an updated computerised membership register needs to be taken.
“I believe as a party, immediately after the convention, the first thing the new leadership should do is to have a membership data that is computerized.
“We can’t continue to have a situation where our membership data is not electronically preserved. We must ensure that our membership data is updated electronically without the tedious process of handling it in an analogue way.
“The second issue is what we can call the ideological thrust of the party. This is the party that was envisioned to be progressive, what it means to be progressive has to do with the capacity to issue related matters of governance, politics and decisions in terms of what is in the best interest of the people.
“This is a very hard decision, they may not be attractive but generally, being progressive is about making popular decisions.
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“The relationship between the political parties and Nigerians is so weak and that is the argument I am canvassing in that book, it dwells on the type of relationship the party should have with interest groups, non-government actors, youth organizations, women organizations, persons living with disabilities.
“There is the need for the party to be democratic which means that organs of the party should be meeting regularly to be making decisions; when we talk about party supremacy, it is not the position of an individual leader that should serve as the supremacy of the party when the organs are not meeting,” he said.
Mr Lukman stressed the need for reconciliation of varying interests in the party for APC to remain united.
On Security, the PGF DG urged all levels of government to engage the abundant human resources in Nigeria productively for the rising insecurity in the country to reduce.
Zainab Sa’id
