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APC working to ensure better living condition for Nigerians — Ganduje
Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says the party is working with the Federal Government toward ensuring a better living condition for Nigerians.
Ganduje said this at the public presentation of a book: “APC and Transition Politics”, authored by the party’s former National Vice-Chairman (North West), Dr Salihu Lukman on Tuesday in Abuja.
He congratulated Lukman on the launch of the book, adding that there was need to restructure and reposition the APC.
“The APC as a political and the ruling party for that matter, the APC is an institution that should be well structured and positioned to serve a two way traffic.
“First, as an institution that is in charge of the recruitment of elective and appointive positions.
“And secondly, as an institution that is concerned with the protection of the party’s manifesto from local to state and national levels.
“And it is also an institution that must harness the demands and request of the people in order to transmit same to the ruling government for implementation,” he said.
The APC national chairman added that the party also had the responsibility of showcasing government’s achievements to the people.
Also speaking, former Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, commended the author for a well researched book.
“People like him should be regarded as the conscience of our party and that voice in the wilderness that really wants our party to be progressives indeed,” he said.
Fayemi said the book should be a compulsory read for every member of the party, from its leadership, its National Working Committee (NWC) and to the ward level to commence its rebuilding.
Sen. Adams Oshiohmole (APC-Edo), also lauded the author for a job well done.
Chief Bisi Akande, the pioneer chairman of the APC, tasked its members to speak freely on issues that would build the party and the country generally.
“We are APC and will continue to be APC, and to be truly APC, we have to have the audacity to freely discuss,” he said.
Sen. Ajibola Basiru, the reviewer of the book which was the fifth edition by the author, said the book was a must read to every political stakeholder.
Lukman in his remarks, said one of his driving forces was to stimulate discussion within the party and hopefully get the its leaders to own it and maybe mainstream it into its structures.
Lukma, also a former Director-General of the Progressives Governors’ Forum(PGF) said from Ganduje’s remark and other guest at the event, including Oshiomole, it was obvious that the APC had a clear future.
“What is required is to try and give critical support to all our leaders so that they can revive all the structures of the party.
“The whole concept of progressive governance or progressive politics is about making a better life.
“We will continue to write and we will take all the advice given. We will remain who we are and we will try to serve the party to the best of our knowledge,” Lukman said.
The event was attended by lawmakers, representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) members of APC National Working Committee (NWC) and some stakeholders.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Sector Command, has confirmed the death of a woman in an accident at Okpoko Market on the Asaba-Onitsha Road.
The Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the accident to journalists in Awka on Thursday, said that the woman was hit while she was crossing the road.
He said that the accident, which occurred on Wednesday, involved a commercial tow truck with registration number XA550BMA.
“Eyewitness report reaching us indicates that the truck was towing a vehicle in an uncontrollable speed along the axis.
“The vehicle that was being towed got detached from the tow truck.
“It hit and killed a female adult, who was said to be crossing the road, while the tow truck continued its movement.
“FRSC rescue team came to the scene and took the woman to Toronto Hospital, Onitsha, where she was confirmed dead and her body deposited at the hospital’s mortuary,” he said.
While sympathising with the family of the dead, the sector commander urged motorists, especially tow truck drivers, to exercise a high level of professionalism.
He also urged the drivers to always use standard equipment and avoid speeding.
The Chairman, Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos State Chapter, Mr Mojeed Iyiola, said the state government’s maize palliative to members of the association made a positive impact on the sector.
Iyiola said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.
“We received about 150,000 tons of maize in February from the Lagos State government as palliative to cushion the effect of high feed prices.
“The major benefit of the palliative is that it actually cushioned the cost of production for most poultry farmers in the state.
“The palliative was beneficial as it made the cost of some poultry produce, especially eggs to drop,” Iyiola said.
He noted that prior to the palliative, a crate of egg was sold between N3,500 and N3,700 at the farm gate, but after the palliative, it now sells between N3,200 and N3,400.
According to the PAN chair, retailers and middlemen who sell from N3,800 to N4,200 do that for their personal gain.
“We have urged our members to sell their eggs at reasonable prices following the receipt of the palliative from the government.
“We appreciate the Lagos State government for the palliative but we also urge the federal government to do likewise, to further reduce the cost of production in the sector.
“This will consequently lead to drop in the prices of all poultry produce across board,” he said.
He said the palliative was shared among financial members of the association at no extra cost.
“As an association we shared the grains equally across PAN’s eight zones in the state equally. We also mandated each zone not the sell even a grain of the maize.
“We, however, considered new poultry farmers who wanted to the join the association as beneficiaries of the palliative,” said Iyiola.
He noted that through the palliative, more poultry farmers were recruited into the association.
“The maize was shared only to poultry farmers and not feed millers, it is the major component of poultry feed formulation,” he said.
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