Nigerians still have trust, faith in us – APC 

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says Nigerians still have trust and faith in the party despite the country’s challenges.

The national secretary of the party’s Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Senator James Akpanudoedehe, stated this in Abuja while inaugurating the party’s Registration Appeals Committee.

He said the committee was critical to the party’s ongoing nationwide membership registration and revalidation exercise which, he said, had been a huge success.

Akpanudoedehe added that the exercise showed that Nigerians still had trust and faith in the APC.

“It is true that COVID-19 and its attendant consequences have hit us hard, so also the big economies of the world.

“The APC administration has, however, responded remarkably well, on all fronts,” he said. This, he said, the party did by making available various stimulus packages to vulnerable families and small and medium enterprises and companies manufacturing vital goods,” he said.

Akpanudoedehe added that the work was still ongoing, noting that as an organisation based on rules and procedure, avenues and channels must be provided for dissatisfied party members to ventilate their grievances.

This, he said, necessitated the inauguration of the Registration Appeals Committee.

Address by the Secretary of the APC CECPC, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe at the Inaguration of the Party Registration Appeal Committee at the National Secretariat earlier today pic.twitter.com/nRcE5ncS52

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“This party is for all Nigerians, therefore, we must show not only by words but by actions that there is no attempt to exclude, oppress, sideline or freeze out anybody in the party.

“This is very fundamental, not only to the CECPC, but to our national chairman, Gov. Mai Mala Buni, and the party as a whole.

“Therefore, your actions in this regard will help engender cohesion, build trust and confidence in this all-important exercise.

“This exercise is the foundation for a lot of activities; the delegates, congresses, nominations and, even the national convention, so we must get it right,” he said.

He added that party members must own the processes, saying that the registration exercise must end on a high note.

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Akpanudoedehe said members of the committee were carefully selected based on their proven records. He added that the committee would be broken into sub-committees to sit across the country’s six geo-political zones.

He said issues of bias within the committee and conflicts of interests must be identified and handled with wisdom.

“Even though we know that angels will not come down to do the work, we trust in your strength of character, your integrity and your capacity to be fair in your dealings to those who approach your committee,” he said.

Members of the committee include Farouk Adamu as chairman and Victor Giadom as secretary, with Senator Khairat Gwadabe and Alhaji Misha’u Lawan Didi as members.

Other members are Hauwa Mohammed, Niyi Akintola, Sen. Ita Enang, Sen. John Enoh, Ejike Njeze, Abubakar Mohammed, Amb. Jerry Ugokwe, Amb. Hassan Ardo, Mary Ekpere, Fola Vincent, Dabiu Gambari, Alhaji Tijani Alfa and Grace Idakwo.

Zainab Sa’id