A national leader of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu on Sunday declared that the people of
Lagos State will have an encounter with destiny during the party’s governorship
primary election in the state on Monday.
Tinubu, a former governor of the
state, stressed that tomorrow’s primary election was a step “toward greater
internal democracy and progressive governance for the benefit of all people.”
In a statement he personally
signed, the APC national leader said: “Tomorrow, our party and the people of
Lagos will have an encounter with destiny. We shall hold our governorship
primary.
“With the holding of direct
primaries to elect governorship candidates in Lagos and other states, the APC
takes a groundbreaking step toward greater internal democracy and progressive
governance for the benefit of all people.
“While our party is young, it has
grown fast and has travelled far in a short time. This speaks well of the
character of you, the party’s rank-and-file members. What, in other nations,
has taken political parties generations to achieve, we have done in a few brief
years.
“No other party in Nigeria dare
attempt what we have already dedicated ourselves to do. I thank and commend all
APC members and all Lagosians who have lent their support to this historic and
humane mission upon which our party has embarked.
“We are democrats in the truest
sense of the word. As such, we forever search for what is good and right for
the people. With this ideal as our guide, tomorrow’s primary cannot be shaded
by selfish ambition or the perceived personal grievance between this or that
person.
“Something much greater waits in
the balance. What is at stake is nothing less than the future of the people of
this state and how we can best maximise our collective destiny. By resort to
direct primaries, the party places the people’s future soundly in their hands.
“As democracy would have it, you
shall be the authors of the party’s nomination and hopefully our next state
government. I trust in the wisdom of the people and will abide it. However, as
a leader of the party and as a former governor of our beloved and excellent
Lagos.
“I would be remiss if I did not
make a few observations regarding the primary. My goal is and shall always be a
better Lagos. To this objective, I have dedicated the greater part of my public
life.”
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