The Chairman Governing Board of
the National Sugar Development Council and National Publicity Secretary of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has refuted the view
propagated by the opposition that the Party won the 2015 elections through
propaganda.
He said the APC remained resolute
in its belief that through progressive ideology, the Party will bring about
change in Nigeria.
Abdullahi stated this while
speaking at the inauguration of board chairpersons and members of parastatals
and agencies under the Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment at their
inauguration ceremony in Abuja on Thursday.
He said: “When in 2015, we fought
for election, I hear Nigerians say ‘Oh! APC deceived us with propaganda’. We
did not deceive anybody with propaganda. We believe that we could actually use
progressive ideology to bring about change in Nigeria and in the last three and
half years, we have done nothing inspite of difficulties but to try to advance
the boundaries of this agenda.
“We want to express the
appreciation of all the chairmen and members of the board to President
Muhammadu Buhari. Mr. President has made everyone of us very proud today. For
close to three years, wherever I have gone, I see party members sneaking around
almost ashamed to call themselves members of the APC because the people we
fought so hard to remove from power, many of them are still sitting pretty in
their positions and many members who worked hard for the party are still
hanging around and didn’t have a sense of belonging.
“At the penultimate APC National
Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, President Muhammadu Buhari promised that the
board appointments will be made and all the boards will be inaugurated before
March 9. Today that promise has been kept. And all of us can now walk around
will a little bit of swagger.
“When in 2015, we fought for
election, I hear Nigerians say ‘Oh! APC deceived us with propaganda’. We did
not deceive anybody with propaganda. We believe that we could actually use
progressive ideology to bring about change in Nigeria and in the last three and
half years, we have done nothing inspite of difficulties but to try to advance
the boundaries of this agenda.
“You can look at the room today
and see amazing ladies and gentlemen with rich pedigree and experience. I was
in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), when you call this kind of inauguration
in the past, I know the calibre of people that will be sitting in this room.
But look around you today, senators, former governors and former ministers with
rich pedigree, experience and competences. That is in line with the commitment
and the ideology of our party.” He said.
Abdullahi also said that the
newly-inaugurated boards will deploy their political skill to help agencies and
parastatals to navigate political difficulties encountered in the course of
delivering their respective mandates.
“We understand our role, we are
not going into these agencies and parastatals to take over the running of the
agencies. We are not the executive directors. But we are bringing in our
political skill to help these agencies to navigate the difficulties they will
have in the political environment and we will use this to help the Honourable
Minister of Industry Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelameh deliver on
his mandate,” Abdullahi said.
While thanking President
Muhammadu Buhari for the assignment, Abdullahi said the appointment has brought
about a sense of belonging among APC members who worked hard for the Party’s
victory during the 2015 general elections. He said the calibre of board members
was testament to the progressive ideology of the APC.
Other APC National Working
Committee (NWC) members inaugurated by the Minister of Industry Trade and
Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelameh included the Deputy National Chairman
(South), Engr. Segun Oni (Nigeria Export Processing Zone) and National
Organising Secretary, Sen. Osita Izunaso (National Automotive Design and
Development Centre).
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