2023: Gbajabiamila Identifies What APC Needs to Survive in Nigeria
- The speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has opened up on how the ruling APC can remain relevant in the country
- Gbajabiamila on Monday, June 21, identified a deliberate and effective system of leadership recruitment for the party's survival
- According to him, APC should identify competent people within and outside Nigeria to be effective champions of progressivism
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Abuja - For the All Progressives Congress (APC) to survive in Nigeria, there must be a deliberate and effective system of leadership recruitment to identify and prepare people, especially the youths to occupy the important offices of the party and government.
The speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, made the remark on Monday, June 21, at the 2021 Progressives Youth Conference of the APC in Abuja.
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In a statement signed by Lanre Lasisi, his special adviser on media and publicity, and made available to Legit.ng, the speaker said this was the practice all over the world, especially in countries where democracy had developed over the years.
According to Gbajabiamila, APC needs to identify competent people both at home and in the diaspora and bring them on board to be "effective champions of progressivism in the country and in government."
The speaker also said translating good manifestos into policies by political parties remained the foundation for achievements.
Gbajabiamila added the most important factor that determined whether a political party in government would succeed in implementing its manifesto would be the process by which the party arrived at the manifesto in the first instance.
He noted that the second most important consideration was the character and ability of the men and women to be chosen from amongst the ranks of the party’s membership to take up office in government and drive the implementation of the programme.
APC may face challenges after Buhari’s exit
Earlier, Senate President Ahmad Lawan warned that the ruling APC will have a difficult time after the exit of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
Lawan gave this warning during an event held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.
According to him, APC must start sustaining the goodwill and legacies of the present administration.
We’ve rescued APC from collapse - Caretaker chairman
The APC would have disintegrated if not for his team's leadership, Governor Mai Mala Buni, has declared.
Buni, who is the chairman of the Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the party, said that when he took over the leadership, it was enmeshed in a civil war.
Source: Legit.ng
