From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has revealed that the target of the party in 2027 general election is to win more states and ensure the re-election of President Bola Tinubu.
He made the disclosure in his remarks at the maiden policy roundtable organised by APC Professionals’ Forum as build up to the one year anniversary of the President Tinubu-led administration in Abuja, yesterday.
The former governor of Kano State argued that Nigeria’s economy has been transformed into a credit-based consumer economy that will improve agriculture, with emphasis on dry season farming, with positive impact on food security, food price, and enabling infrastructure, access to education, among others.
On the target of the party for 2027 general election, Ganduje said: “Even though it is not yet an election period, we are reinvigorating the party to ensure that in 2027, we retain and get new state governors, as well as Mr. President to secure another mandate to continue with his government’s policies and programmes.
“We have also constituted at the national level a reconciliation committee that would reconcile all aggrieved party members, and such a committee will be established at the state, local government and ward levels,” he said.
While enumerating the achievements of the current administration, he said: “Now that the economy is shifting towards renewable and sustainable energy sources, the use of cheap and clean Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) has now become a reality under President Tinubu’s administration.
“On infrastructure, Mr. President has approved the construction/completion and rehabilitation of several road projects across the country to include the Kano-Abuja Road, Kano-Eastern Bypass Road, the 700 Km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road, the 1,000 Km Badagry-Sokoto Road, the 3,500 units renewed hope housing cities and estates now being built in 13 states of the country, for starters.
“In the next few days, the Students Loan Fund will become operational, and Nigerian youths will now have easier access to higher education by applying for funds from the scheme.
“On power, I have observed the increased transmission capacity of the country that now peaks at 14,000 megawatts. In the party, we are gradually restructuring our party into a truly grassroots progressive party.
“We have directed our state chapters to liaise with their respective governors and other stakeholders to ensure that we have full-fledged, functional offices in every political ward and state to enable our members across the country to have symbolic representation in their neighbourhood,” he said.