APC National Convention: Yilwatda Charges Cmte To Rise Above Personal Interest

Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged the Central Coordinating Committee for its upcoming National  Convention to shun partisanship and ‘personal interest’.

The APC chairman made the admonition on Wednesday while inaugurating the Committee headed by a former Governor of Katsina state, Aminu Masari, as its Chairman. The party’s Convention, the magazine reports, is slated for next month.

The 92-member inaugurated by Prof. Yilwatda also includes former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, who will serve as Vice Chairman 1 and 2, respectively.

According to the APC National Chairman, the Committee should g ahead to perform their duties, as they will be provide with all the support and resources it needed to succeed in its alignment, saying the party expect nothing “short of excellence”,  from the Committee, saying the members should be guided by the interest of the party.

Let the good of this party, the colour of APC, guide you in every decision that you make, he said.

“Time is of the essence. And I expect nothing short of excellence from each and every one of you. The national working committee and the entire party structure will stand strong and ready to support you.

“You shall have the resources, cooperation and goodwill required to deliver on this mandate. Let history remember you today. We have set in motion the wheels that is required to get the convention, and that will further strengthen our party and renew the collective will of our party members.

“Your acceptance of this responsibility is a further demonstration of your selfless commitment to the APC and Nigeria.”

“We are honoured to have you at the helm of affairs of this committee. And we are proud that you will do a yeoman to the assignment that has been given to you by the party.

He said the members of the Committee have been carefully selected due tot their proven integrity and commitment to the ideals of the ruling party, urging them to conduct a credible Convention for the party.

Yilwatda: “To all members of this committee, you have been carefully selected because of your proven integrity, wealth of experience and your commitment to the ideals of our party.

“Standing before you is the honour and responsibility in the APC. You have been called upon to plan and deliver a Convention that would be transparent, inclusive, credible, befitting of a ruling party of great stature like the APC.”