Nasarawa state governor Abdullahi Sule has warned against unnecessary distractions by some members of the party against the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje-led National Working Committee (NWC) do not need distractions at the moment.
Governor Sule, who paid a solidarity visit to the APC National Chairman Friday at the party’s national secretariat, said Ganduje has experience and the capacity to lead the ruling APC.
According to the governor, Ganduje deserves respect and deserves all the cooperation especially at a time like this.
He said: “I am a governor that this same National Working Committee worked very hard to ensure that I continue as a governor. They were there with me during the elections, they were there with me during the legal matters, they did not rest until I got my own victory. So, this is my house.
“I feel highly elated that I am even receiving a special reception for coming to my house. But then, it is a wake-up call for all of us, because we the governors should continue to visit our house as regularly as possible so that we are not seen as visitors.
“I am here also to pay my respect to a man that deserves respect, to our national chairman, Dr. Ganduje. He deserves respect and deserves all the cooperation especially at a time like this. In the next couple of weeks, we have an election in Edo. So the man does not need to be distracted in any other way so that we can go and win our election in Edo and that is one of the reasons why I came to encourage him to be focused.
“In reality we have issues here and there. One of the places we have issues is the North Central. I am the chairman of the North Central governors forum, and in the North Central, we have a state where there are issues and we had lengthen discussions also on that. We want him as well as the National Working Committee to intervene and make sure that we resolve those issues.
“North Central has five out of six APC governors. So for that reason, we need to strengthen our zone. We cannot afford any kind of disagreement in our zone. And I have no doubt that if there is any gentleman that can work to resolve that matter, it’s a man who has been in several positions. A deputy governor, a governor, a chairman, in fact so many other positions that he has been.”
Also speaking, APC National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, declared that the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting slated for September 12 is not meant for regime change.
“The National Caucus is established under Article 11 of the Constitution of our party as well as the NEC. They are part of routine meeting that our party should be having on a regular basis.
“But people like to twist events. Immediately we put up notice when the President told us about his availability, we read in the papers that the meetings (Caucus & NEC) is about changing the leadership of our party.
“None of these meetings are being scheduled for regime change in the party. It is being held to give stewardship of what has been done by the leadership of Dr Abdullahi Ganduje in terms of also presenting our audit report to show what we have been doing as well as the way forward.
“This is very important to put in the public domain. We want to thank His Excellency, Governor of Nasarawa State for dropping by to see us in our house. We will be happy to continue receiving you and give you support.
“We also thank President Bola Tinubu for the confidence reposed in us to continue to be a party of choice.”
