President Muhammadu Buhari has
asked members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to be good examples
to others as the party prepares for its primary elections.
Buhari said this while speaking
at the party’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday in Abuja.
The president said the primary
elections must be in compliance with the constitution.
“As we stand on the threshold of
party primaries, I urge all and sundry to ensure that we play the game
according to the rules. Let us come out with free, fair and credible primaries
which will be precursor to free, fair and credible general election next year,”
he said.
“Let us shine the light through
our primaries and the rest of the country will find the way. Our primaries must
be in complete compliance with the provision of the constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended, the electoral act and above all the
constitution of our party, the APC.
“The times in which we call for
unity, harmony and togetherness, let us all join hands to move our party
forward, we must take our party to the next level and I urge all and sundry to
give support to our national working committee.”
Buhari said party’s structure was
not affected by those who left.
“Despite reconciliatory attempts to
keep the house together some members were hell bent on pulling down the roofs.
They left plotting to go along with scores of people this upsetting the party,”
he said.
“But due to yeoman’s work by the
able party leadership, the exit barely made attempt in our super structure as
they could not muster the figures they had envisaged to cause an upset,
particularly in the two chambers of the national assembly.
“APC remains in control and
increases by the day with quality people joining our fold. I say congratulations
to the new members. Hope is rekindled in our hearts that we will give our
country purposeful leadership that will improve the quality of life of the
people.”
On his part, Adams Oshiomhole,
national chairman of the APC, said those who left the party did so for personal
ambitions.
“The decampees felt it will be a
huge blow to our party but I repeat those that left for personal ambition,
those with no political address, migrant politicians and Rolling Stones
politicians, I won’t lose my sleep. Many felt my comments were arrogant but we
needed to be blunt,” he said.
“Those who have grievances
arising from genuine misunderstanding our responsibilities is to help our party
to have common ground and genuinely resolve those issues and we have been
trying our best to do so can be arrested to by those that have remained.
“We have purged ourselves of
excess fat that will clog our veins and we are much more certain of our
future.”
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