From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
North Central Elders Forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has backed the Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, over the future of the ruling party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, ahead of next week’s Caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.
There have been speculations and uncertainty over what becomes of Ganduje’s future during or after the meetings with some North Central stakeholders of the party demanding his removal, which prompted the Nasarawa State governor paying solidarity visit on him at the national secretariat of the ruling party last week.
Throwing their weight behind Governor Sule, the zonal elders also commended him for his role in restoring peace to the APC in the region.
The Forum Chairman and former President of the Senate, Senator Ameh Ebute, in a statement on Monday, describe Governor Sule’s visit as a rightful intervention in discussing the interest of the elders of our great party in our zone.
“We are happy that Governor Sule is leading the North Central geopolitical zone to reposition the party for maximum performance. We thank President Bola Tinubu and Ganduje for resolving the political crisis which hitherto bedeviled Benue APC. The dissolution and constitution of the Caretaker Committee in Benue has restored peace to both the party and governance in the State,” the statement read.
Ebute further urged; ” all APC governors in the region to emulate Governor Sule in visiting the National Chairman of our party to further cement our relationship with the leadership at the center.”
While applauding the Ganduje-led National Working Committee (NWC) for the establishment of the National Progressives Institute, the Forum task him to include North Central zone in the leadership of the Institute which is about to be unveil by the party in few days time.
“We are committed to supporting anything that will be beneficial to the North Central people using the governing APC to attract development to our zone,” the statement read.