Professor Nentawe Yilwatda and Senator Ajibola Basiru as National Chairman and National Secretary have been re-elected as the National Chairman and National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
They were both returned to their positions through consensus during the party’s 4th Elective National Convention at Eagles Square, Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The Convention was attened by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his wife, Remi, including Vice President Kassim Shetima, Senate President Godswill Akabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abass, amongst others.
Apart from Prof. Yilwatda and B asiru, other officials of the party were also elected based on consensus into the party’s National Working Committee, NWC.
Speaking during the event, the Chairman of the Convention, former Governor Aminu Bello Msari said the opposition political parties in the country cannot compete with the ruling party, citing, for instance, the African Democratic Party, ADC, as old politicians who have nothing new to offer the country.
Masari, a former Speaker of the House of Representative, while speaking to journalists, dismissed the ADC as a viable alternative platforms for next year’s election, saying there’s nothing new about its leaders, who he described as old politicians who have been in politics for nothing less than ‘20 years.’
He said APC is ‘number one’ party in the country in terms of popularity, saying the ruling party is prepared to defeat the opposition again in 2027.
“You have not shown me anybody new in this business that we don’t know, that we have not participated with, or that we have not contested elections against,” he said
“In terms of popularity, APC is number one, whatever the permutations,” he said.
He added that the party is fully prepared for the 2027 elections and is not intimidated by emerging opposition coalitions.
“As a party, we are not afraid. We are very ready,” the former governor said. .
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