On Wednesday, March 27, 2024, Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, selected and inaugurated six of the party’s governors as zone coordinators, the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports.
Mr Ganduje appointed Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State as the coordinator for the South-east, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State as the coordinator for the North-central, and Governor Mai Mala Buni as the coordinator for the North-east.
He also appointed Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State as the North-West Coordinator, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State as the South-West Coordinator, and Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State as the South-South Coordinator.
Mr Ganduje stated that the governors are expected to establish periodic engagement with the party’s leadership.
“They should liase with the party to commence immediate process of genuine reconciliation of aggrieved members in the geo-political zone.
“Mobilise governor’s of the zones to effectively and physically participate in the party’s activities in the zone, consult with governor’s and resolve issues that will further enhance its progress and unity.
“They are to also assists the party on resource mobilisation in serving the party and participate in any other activity that may be assigned by the party,” he said.
“We want to change the narrative, we want our political party to be active throughout the year. Therefore, all our offices must be physically operational, all our offices must be functionally operational.
“Right from the local government to state level, there must be activities throughout, but this cannot happen by chance,” he said.
The APC national chairman also said political parties in Nigeria lacked identity and ideology, leading to frequent defections from one political party to another.
He said that the situation must change for the better.
Responding, Mr Uzodimma, also the chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), expressed delight and commended the party’s leadership for the initiative.
“We are very delighted and happy that the party in its wisdom, introduced this new policy of proper co-ordination, we at the PGF has a membership of 20 governors which means 20 states currently being governed by APC.
“We have to start from there to ensure an inclusive participation of all our party members, and to take this participation to the grassroots, I think that is the wisdom behind this inauguration,” Mr Uzodimma said.
Ganduje Inaugurates Sanwo-Olu, Uzodimma, Other Govs As Apc Zonal Coordinators
