APC gets New Chapel, Mosque, Shops, Restaurants Says Ganduje

Push for more govs, legislators in the party

By David Lawani, Abuja

In a determined attempt to change the narrative before the general election that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will only favour Muslim-Muslim ideas, the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje has said the party is building a Chapel, shops and a restaurant for the party to sustain the interest of the public and members.

Ganduje made this disclosure during his inspection tour of the Buhari House n Abuja where renovation is currently underway noting that he wants to see a befitting media center that people can do live interviews and to keep the public and the party abreast of the development in the party.

He reiterated the need for a digitalise media centre that can meet the yearnings of modern technological demands stressing that he doesn’t feel good seeing the media centre in analogue form.

He said” The on-going renovation and the new innovation is for the progress of the party and the nation. Before there was no church..Nobody goes to church in the premises but now, we have a new church..We have shops to avoid street hawking around the building. And we have concrete drainage.

” The media centre in terms of its outlook and equipment. I have not seen any symbol of modern gadgets. We are not in analogue period. But, I think what I have seen here is analogue. But, our media people are not analogue.

” So, let us see the media centre as a digital platform. I want you to discuss with my Chief of Staff on it. I want a media centre such that from here you can talk to media houses sometimes live”, he said.

The former Kano state goveenor noted further that the business of the party ought not to only be electioneering but that after the elections, the party is expected to sit down and assess the policies of the government then make necessary recommendations that is in alignment with the manifestos of the party.

He maintained that it will also serve as an opportunity to think critically on the need for the party to increase the number of governors through the off-cycle elections saying it is the blueprint of the party hence the need for a befitting building that can sustain this lofty ideas.

” Our blueprint is to increase the number of legislators that we have in the country. The number of governors that we have in the country abd by implications the number of state house of assemblies. That is why we said APC will be active throughout the year.

” In our tradition, usually political parties as institutions they are only active during the electioneering. But in developed democracies, political parties as an institution is active because it is not only limited to election, recruitment of membership.

” It is a two-way traffic. It gives the progress of the government to people and also gives recommendations on its manifestos. That is how government is assessed. That is hoe the Renewed Hope is achieved”, he stated.