The All Progressives Congress (APC) has streamlined its manifesto to six broad areas for the 2015 general elections.
The party also said at the weekend that it is poised to present a candidate who will be a Nigerian president when elected, from among its aspirants.
According to a statement yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, the APC will hold an extraordinary national convention on Wednesday in Abuja to approve amendments to the constitution of the party and also adopt its manifesto for the general elections.
The party said the proposed amendments when approved at the national convention, will align the party’s constitution better with the Electoral Act and also allow the APC to function more efficiently.
It also said the convention would adopt the six-point manifesto that has been extracted from the one submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) earlier.
‘’The manifesto to be adopted at the extraordinary convention of our party is specifically for the 2015 general elections. Because of shifting priorities, we do not believe that a party manifesto should be one for all time but a document that will adjust to the changing needs of the people.
‘’In this regard, we have conducted a survey to find out what Nigerians urgently need at the moment to raise their standard of living and ensure their security and welfare, which is the raison d’etre of any government. Based on the outcome of the survey, we have come up with a six-point manifesto.
‘’The six broad priority areas for the APC ahead of the 2015 general elections are National Security, Good Governance, Human Capital Development, Economic Development, Land and Natural Resources as well as Foreign Policy. The issue of job creation, fight against corruption, infrastructural development, health, qualitative education, regular power supply, etc are subsumed under these broad priority areas,’’ APC said.
The party said when the manifesto is adopted, it will be made available to all Nigerians, complete with the full details, in many languages.
National Secretary of the party Alhaji Mai Mala Buni expressed optimism it would produce a candidate acceptable to all Nigerians.
Alhaji Buni told reporters at the party’s national secretariat that the level of poverty and degradation in the country has no boundary of south or north, Christian or Muslim, saying what the nation wants at this point is a president who can fight insecurity and restore the peace, harmony and tranquility in all communities.
“It is not about producing a northern or southern president. We want to produce a Nigerian President. We want to produce a president who will work for the country, sacrifice himself for the country and be selfless in discharging his responsibilities to the country and who will be acceptable to every Nigerian as an upright person who can fight corruption and bring development to the country.
“That is what we want and not about south or north. Let me tell you that the level of poverty and degradation and impoverishment in this country has no boundary of south or north, Christian or Muslim.
“We are all suffering and nobody is left out. Everybody is desirous of change and that is why the APC is poised to produce the best President for this country. We want to have somebody who will fight corruption because it is the major dent of this country that is under developing the country.
“We want somebody who can fight the insecurity and restore the peace, harmony and tranquility in all communities. This is our hope and I don’t think we will now restrict this to either south or north. These are political boundaries.
“APC is poised to give the best President who will be read to address the problem militating against the development of Nigeria. This is our common problem and it is our common challenge. So, it is not about where the person comes from”.
He described the merger of the opposition parties as a major milestone in the nation’s political history, saying: “There used to be alliances which often collapse. But for political parties to merge and form one single formidable opposition party has never happened until the merger that gave birth to the APC. So, when you look at it carefully, you will not be surprised about the defection of the seating governor from the PDP the APC.
“That goes to tell you how the country is suffering. If things are going well, how can sitting governors defect to opposition party to fight the ruling party to form government?”
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