Former Edo Governor, Adams
Oshiomhole, on Tuesday, met members of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
caucus in the House of Representatives over his plan to become chairman of the
party.
Oshiomhole had last week declared
for the chairmanship of APC, ahead of the party’s National Convention on June
23.
He told the APC caucus, led by
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, at the National
Assembly, Abuja, that he had prepared for the big task.
Oshiomhole added that he was
contesting not because there was leadership vacuum but that having been an
active member of the party, he was convinced that the state of affairs could
always be improved upon.
He said “I have come as a member
of the APC family. I had the opportunity to function as district officer in one
of the provinces, officially called governor in Edo State.
“I completed my tenure and handed
over on Nov. 12, 2016 to a successor from my own party. And so, APC has
continued to provide leadership at the level of the state government in Edo
State.
“The good news which I considered
as my strong point is that my background prepared me for this kind of role.
“As president of Nigeria Labour
Congress (NLC), my deputy was elected on his own merit as well and every other
members of the central working committee of the NLC.
“As senior members of our party,
we are all familiar with not only the provisions of the party’s constitution
and that of Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, we are also to deal with
issues of electing our leadership.
“It is on that basis I decided to
offer myself to contest, by the special grace of God and with your support for
the office of the national chairman of the APC.
“The task of building and
sustaining a truly cohesive political party was beyond creating a platform for
electioneering campaign and winning and losing elections.
“I believe it remains an open
task or a work-in-progress that we all can contribute to. And I believe working
with everyone, we can build a political party that is founded on inclusiveness
rather than exclusion.”
He emphasised that President
Muhammadu Buhari and the party leadership had an open mind to discussing
issues, with a view to resolving problems in the party.
Hon. Dogara, on his part
described Oshiomhole as an active comrade, said the former governor had sought
to meet with the APC House caucus and felt it was appropriate for him to come
and speak to members.
Also, the House Leader, Hon Femi
Gbajabiamila, told journalists at the end of the closed-door meeting that “the
former governor presented his programmes to us and we are all on the same page.
We, as APC caucus, believe in him.”
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