APC targets more states, Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, says Ganduje
The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has said that the governing party is set to win more states in 2027 and ensure the re-election of President Bola Tinubu for a second term.
He made this revelation on Tuesday, May 21, at the maiden edition of the policy round-table discussion tagged: “The Asiwaju Scorecard Series” organised by a support group of the party, APC Professionals Forum as build up the first anniversary of President Tinubu-led administration in Abuja.
Reviewing the success story of the administration, the APC chairman noted that Nigeria’s economy has been transformed into a credit-based consumer economy that will improve agriculture, with emphasis on dry season farming, with a positive impact on food security, food prices, and enabling infrastructure, access to education, among others.
He also noted that with the shift in the economy to renewable and sustainable energy sources, the use of cheap and clean Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) has now become a reality under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.
Cataloguing the modest achievements of the APC-led administration, Ganduje said that on infrastructure, “Mr. President has approved the construction/completion and rehabilitation of several road projects across the country to include the Kano – Abuja Road, Kano – Eastern Bypass Road Project, the 700 Km Lagos – Calabar Coastal Road, the 1000 Km Badagry – Sokoto Road, the 3500 Units Renewed Hope Housing Cities and Estates now being built in 13 states of the country, for starters.
“In the next few days, the Students Loan Fund will become operational, and Nigerian youth will now have easier access to higher education by applying for funds from the scheme.
“On power, I have observed the increased transmission capacity of the country that now peaks at 14,000 megawatts.”
In the efforts for the party to sustain its position as the governing party ahead of the 2027 general elections, Ganduje said: “Even though it is not yet an election period, we are reinvigorating that party to ensure that come 2027, we will retain and get new state governors, as well as Mr President, to secure another mandate to continue with his government’s policies and programmes.
“We have also constituted at the national level a Reconciliation Committee that would reconcile all aggrieved Party members, and such committee will be established at the state, local government, and ward levels.”
The national chairman said efforts are on to restructure the party into a truly grassroots progressive party.
“We have directed our State Chapters to liaise with their respective governors and other stakeholders to ensure that we have full-fledged, functional offices in every political ward and state to enable our members across the country to have symbolic representation in their neighbourhood,” he said.
