APC Chairman Adamu Says Buhari Has ‘Given Marching Orders’ to Deliver 2023 Elections

The new National chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday said President Buhari had given the new National Working Committee (NWC) of the party marching orders to deliver the 2023 general elections.

He disclosed this in Abuja after the members of the NEC received their certificates of return from the National Convention Electoral Committee, led by Jigawa State governor, Abubakar Badaru.
Adamu said there would be no excuses whatsoever as the leadership of the party is putting in efforts to deliver on the President’s directive, but noted that all hands must be on deck.

Adamu hinted that he would probe the national secretariat of the ruling party and its directors, stressing that there was a need to know the status of the secretariat.
The chairman said the party could not continue the way things were, adding that his administration would have zero tolerance for failure.
The chairman also noted that the leadership of the party needed the support of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF).

He said the leadership of the party would interface with the PGF through its chairman and the Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu.
Adamu added: “As for those of you who just received your certificate just like me, members of the working committee, I’ve told you during our first meeting of the committee, I am a team player. I want to carry everybody along with me. But to work with me, you have to be loyal. It is not loyalty to me, but loyalty to the party. You have to recognise the authority of the party in all that we do. And the interest of the party is paramount.

“You are lucky you are around because we had agreed by Wednesday we are having our next meeting because we wanted the committee to give us a report. We want to know where the party is exactly so that we don’t get taken by the exuberance of winning an election and just plunge into the pool without knowing how deep it is or the temperature of the water.

“As for you, the director of admin, you have no hiding place. We will count on your loyalty to the party. It is in God’s pleasure that we are here at the helm of affairs of this party. We’ve come with a very open mind but you have to reciprocate in the same spirit. We will definitely, by the will of God Almighty, the Secretariat, we need to look at you but I’m not saying anything today until the transition committee submits its report.”

Chuks Okocha and Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja

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