Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that he needs the state structures of the party to succeed.
According to him, the party success does not depend at the national level but State levels.
Speaking when the Plateau State House of Assembly Members paid him a courtesy call, he assured them that come 2027, APC would take the governorship seat in the state.
He said presently, APC has more Senators, more House of Representatives members and more House of Assembly Members in Plateau state, therefore was positioned to win the governorship seat.
Addressing them, he said, “Let me thank you for taking your time to be here. I appreciate the fact that we have a twenty-two out of twenty four House of Assembly are APC. National Assembly – House of Representatives six out of eight are APC and Senate, two out of three are APC. What we don’t have is the governor. I can assure you that APC is Plateau and Plateau is APC.
“It’s not in doubt we can take the party back, build it around you people. I assure you that we will all work together to support you across the state in this party for a destination of choice. All of us in APC, all the members of APC are the mechanics of this party to fix this vehicle to a destination of our choice to ensure that is done as you all know we are just coordinators the strength of the party is not national, you are the nearest to the people so I depend on you.
“We can assure you that we ensure transparency, ensure inclusivity, ensure that we broaden space, open our doors, and our doors are still open, but attract more people. For people attracted, we have to include governors that are still counting.”
Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Hon. Daniel Nanlong
Speaking on their visit, the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Hon. Daniel Nanlong said, “Like I said actually we’re here to congratulate our brother our son and our uncle that by divine mercy of God today he is a national chairman of our great party APC. It is a thing of joy for us in the platform that is why we have come to declare to the whole world that we’re celebrating this great feat and that we’re giving him all the maximum support believing that Plateau state is going to be a turning point and you know Plateau state is the driver that drives the entire central Nigeria and we hope with what has happened it will go a long way in changing the narrative particularly as we move forward towards 2027 and I’m sure that some of the sentiments that were escalated by virtue of the new appointment it has addressed most of those unending aspirations that our people were driving.
Speaking to the media after the interactive session with the National Chairman, he said, “. our greatest strength as a party and also instrument that we use in mobilizing and galvanizing support for His Excellency.
“In Plateau State, we have 22 members of the Plateau State House of Assembly who are APC. And if you cascade it down to our various wards, we have structures all over the place, campaigning for APC and the Renew Hope Agenda .We are doing that collectively, knowing fully well that if we do not stand to promote the party, of course, the chances are that we might not be able to make it in 2027.
” So what we are doing silently that people are not aware is the simple fact that as a House, we have a caucus. And in this caucus, each one of us is engaging these people. And we have a meeting point where we share ideas, and we have a meeting point where we share ideas, and get feedbacks of those things that we are doing.
“So on the Plateau, it might be quite for people who are not conversant with the development on the plateau, but I can tell you that a lot is being done.
“Concerning Mr. President on the plateau, we don’t even know whether there is any other party, because even the party that you would not even expect to campaign for Mr. President are already campaigning for him.”
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