Yobe State governor and chairman, All Progressives Congress, (APC) Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni, has said that the vision of his team is to build a party where no strong individual would be in control of its structures and party organs.
He gave the commitment yesterday, while speaking at the 2020 Annual Conference of the APC Press Corps, which was held at Valencia Hotel, Abuja.
Represented by the Secretary of his CEPC, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, Gov. Buni maintained that the scheduled membership registration, revalidation and update were aimed at giving the party back to the people, noting that the reconciliation efforts under his leadership were to give aggrieved chieftains a sense of belonging by allowing them to ventilate their grievances.
The Yobe State governor recalled that the party was embroiled in crises at state chapters and National Secretariat because of lack of internal democracy when godfathers hijacked the party structures and gave the Party’s ticket to their anointed candidates.
While appealing to party chieftains and ordinary faithful to submit themselves to the party constitution and other documents guiding the operations of the APC, he further assures that only individuals of impeccable character would henceforth be saddled with party assignments in order not to compromise target results.
In his goodwill message, Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, represented by his Special Adviser on Media, Ola Awoniyi said the internal wrangling within the party was nothing to worry about, as he submitted that internal contestation was a regular feature in party politics.
Senator Lawan appealed to party chieftains to be patient with the Gov. Buni-led caretaker team, as he insisted that the party has the capacity to survive its present challenges.
