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From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has promised that the rul- ing party would retain Kogi State after the November 11 governorship election.
He gave the promise in Lokoja yesterday in his address at the inauguration ceremony of the leadership and members of the Kogi State National Governorship Campaign Council.
The former Kano State governor also called on party members and stakeholders to rally round the APC governorship candidate, Hon. Usman Ododo, to succeed in the forthcoming election in the state.
He also revealed that the APC has concluded plans to establish functional offices in all the 8,813 wards across the country to symbolically bring representation of the party close to the people.
Ganduje equally disclosed that the party is at the concluding stage of establishing a National Institute of Progressive Study.
He noted that progressivism as a political ideology could be deployed to improve the lives of millions of Nigerians as well as the society through appropriate political action and social reform based on advancement in Science, Technology, Economic Development and Social Organisation.
His words: “I will like to, therefore, call on all our party members and stakeholders to rally round our candidate so that our party will succeed. By so doing, all the legacy projects would be sustained and there will be continuation in governance.
“As a party, we are committed to working hard individually and collectively to realise these goals and objectives. It is pertinent to also note that we have initiated and concluded plans to structure our party into a truly grassroots progressive party by
opening full-fledged and functional offices in all 8,813 wards in Nigeria.
“This is to enable our members across the country to have both a symbolic representation of our party in their neighbourhood and, a place for active interaction between and among members on one hand, and members and leadership at different tiers of government on the other hand.
“In addition, our vision is to institutionalise the progressive ideology in the body politic of our country. We indeed believe that progressivism as a political ideology can be deployed to improve the lives of millions of our compatriots and improve our society through appropriate political action and social reform based on advancement in Science, Technology, Economic Development and Social Organisation. To crystalise this vision, we are at the concluded
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