• As Kaduna gov advocates repositioning ahead of electoral battles
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has urged the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, to constitute reconciliation committees that would unite members of the party nationwide. Abbas noted that some members of the APC were aggrieved; hence, the need to make peace with them.
Speaking at the APC stakeholders’ meeting for the Northwest in Kaduna, yesterday, the Speaker said: “I want to call on the national chairman and our party executive to ensure peaceful co-existence among all party members. As previous speakers have said, we are bedeviled with many issues in different states, in every local government. It is time to draw a line. Elections are over; this is the time for governance. We should forget what has happened. Let’s forgive one another. Let’s embrace one another.
“I want to suggest to the national chairman, and by extension, the national vice chairman, to, as a matter of urgency, constitute reconciliation committees for the zone, and for every state to constitute the same reconciliation committees, so that we can make peace and bring those that we may have offended back to the party.”
Abbas also urged Ganduje to use his position to address the turnover rate of members of the National Assembly, saying APC members who perform well should be allowed to return in 2027.
“Today, the Northwest, based on the 2023 elections, is worse off. That is the reason, perhaps, we did not get the kind of prominence we should have. So, let’s ensure that only the worst of us do not get re-elected. We should allow the competent ones to return to the National Assembly,” he said.
Speaking in the same vein, Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, said: “The zone boasts of some of the most articulate and resourceful political strategists in Nigeria. What happens in our zone is of primary interest to other zones and Nigeria. It is for these reasons that we must, at all times, take a critical look at the health of APC in the Northwest, to address challenges and reposition it for future electoral battles.”
