Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the Buhari regime
and the governing All Progressives Congress remain committed to the welfare of
the common man because it is a party of the people and will continually ensure
that the common man benefits maximally from the government.
Osinbajo spoke on Friday when he received on a courtesy
call, a delegation of the APC Professionals Forum at the Statehouse, Abuja.
Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and
Publicity, Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement he signed on Saturday
titled ‘Why APC is focused on the common man’s welfare, by Osinbajo’.
According to him, “This is a party of the common man, a
party of the people, a party that takes as its cradle, the importance of
ensuring that the common man benefits maximally from the government which is
why we have the big programmes like the Social Investment Programmes, the
largest if its kind in the continent and several of such other programmes that
emphasize how serious we take the lot of the common man.”
Though formed about nine years ago, the Vice President noted
that the party has made an impact and is determined to improve the wellbeing of
Nigerians.
“We are the ruling party in Africa’s largest democracy which
by itself is a phenomenal achievement for such a young party. But you’ll find
that in the particular ideological direction of our party, it’s one that it was
clear to the founders of the party, the initial persons and groups that came
together to form the party and they came from different parties. Still, it was
to present a left of centre, a social democratic alternative to the ruling
part.”
Osinbajo further stated that the APC is determined to ensure
the country’s further growth and development, noting that the party “carries
with it, the hopes and expectations of millions of Nigerians.
According to him, the party is not a mere platform for
running for political office, it carries with it the hopes and expectations of
millions of Nigerians “and we must make it a place where they are comfortable,
a place where they feel this belongs to us. We can even put our resources into
it; it is not just for politicians; it is for us all.”
To the visiting delegation, he said, “It is the role this
Professional Forum must take on to itself. And what it entails aside from that
logical objective of the Forum; what it entails is defining in writing in
various ways what our party stands for.
“There are many people that say, well, we have not done
this, we have not done that. There are so many ways of looking at it, but the
truth of the matter is that the party was committed and is seen across the
country as a party of the common man, which is why I think the role of the
Professionals Forum is particularly important because we are trying to shape
the ideology of the party.
“If the professionals cannot do that, then our party becomes
all comers; anything goes so long as we have a platform to run for political
office. But I think that we, especially professionals, have a unique
advantage.”
Osinbajo expressed hoped that the Forum, made up of
professional elites, will be of great benefit to the party and Nigeria because
of its leadership and quality of professionals on its board of trustees and as
members, who he noted “are not just politicians, but people who have
distinguished themselves” in their respective fields.
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