From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have commended the Abdullahi Umar Ganduje-led National Working Committee (NWC) for organising the party’s first ever national summit ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The commendation to hold the summit at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa this week Thursday aimed at uniting the leaders, came from a pro-forum on the platform of APC Progressive Voters’ Forum (PVF).
Participants in the summit include President Bola Tinubu; Vice President Kashim Shettima, President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin; Speaker House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas; his Deputy, Benjamin Kalu, state governors and deputies from the party, former presidents of the party’s descent, APC National Assembly members and host of others.
Setting agenda for the summit, PVF, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Olusegun Kenneth, noted that; “the summit will afford the APC leaders the opportunity to review the party’s performance as a ruling political party, dialogue on how to move the country forward and unite the party leaders more ahead of future elections.”
While commending the initiative, Kenneth noted that most Nigerians will know so many achievements recorded by President Tinubu that have not been well publicised during the summit .
“As a forum, we believe that this summit is coming at the right time. By 29th of this month, it will be two good years that our amiable President Tinubu took over. So, as a responsible party, the Ganduje-led NWC has provided this platform to showcase many achievements of the President and the Renewed Hope Agenda that have been under reported or the opposition parties have refused to see. We commend the NWC for that.
“We, however, call on all the delegates to the summit to attend with a open mind and engage on productive dialogue that will solidify our party, evangelise it to more Nigerians and drive APC to victories in future elections.
“This summit should also bring onboard different interests and groups and find a way to accommodate all interests, including those that are just joining the fold,” the statement read.
The group urged Nigerians to continue to show support and rally more support for the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Tinubu, adding that; “the government has used the last two years to lay good foundation for the economy, infrastructure and wellbeing of Nigerian, and the results have started yielding as prices of commodities have started coming down, inflation dropping among others.
“We believe that this national summit is in the interest of Nigerians and the nation. In due time, Nigerians will totally ignore the noisy opposition parties and their figures, and embrace the Renewed Hope Agenda,” the statement stated.