Former Edo State Governor, Adams
Oshiomhole, has said that he will ensure party supremacy if elected as the
national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at its National
Convention on Saturday.
NAN reports that the former
Labour leader stated this on Wednesday in Abuja when he had an interactive
session with APC young stakeholders.
Oshiomhole stressed that it was
the duty of political parties, particularly a governing party to have policies
on the economy, social policies and policies that would determine how the
society is organised and run.
He maintained that if elected, he
would subject the president and other elective officers to the dictates of the
party.
“My hope is that, if by the
special grace of God I become the APC National Chairman, we will need to be
very clear about all these and other issues.
“Anyone elected on our platform,
including the President will be expected to conduct government and governance
in a way that promote the core values of progressive governance,” he said.
He decried the promotion of
ethnic and religious matters by major political parties in the country.
According to him, the whole idea
of seeking election on a party’s platform is to share binding ideas and to
positively impact on people’s well being.
Oshiomohole said it was
unfortunate that we were yet to have any serious political platform where the
agenda was to debate policy choices.
“To me, this is what a political
party should represent. It is not only meeting during elections, but meeting
from time to time to discuss policy options,”he said.
He assured that if elected as APC
next national chairman, he would subject everyone to the dictates of the
party’s Constitution.
“We will remain faithful to the
manifesto of the party on the basis of which we were elected by the Nigerian
people.
“I believe that everything
considered, we are still the favorite party, but we must not take the support
of the people for granted.
“My task is to be able to assist
government at all levels to work in a way that will reflect the core values of
the APC.” he said.
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