Buhari Tells APC Governors to Allow Him Choose Successor

01 Jun Buhari Tells APC Governors to Allow Him Choose Successor

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the 22 Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to support him to choose a successor capable of driving his vision and ideals of the party.

Delivering a two-page speech Tuesday at a closed door meeting with the APC governors and the party’s National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu at the State House, Abuja, the President who urged the governors to ensure the emergence of a presidential candidate that would reflect all the party’s values and virtues, also vowed to provide a stronger leadership that would improve the electoral fortunes of the APC at the forthcoming general election.

According to a statement by Spokesman Femi Adesina, the president said “The transition processes for the 2023 General Elections have commenced in earnest and I note that the most successful Political Parties globally have always relied on their internal cohesion and a strong leadership brand to achieve bigger electoral fortunes. Our party, the APC, shall not be any different, more so as we are still implementing the blueprint for a more prosperous nation.

“As I begin the final year of my second term as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and leader of the Party, I recognize the compelling need for me to provide stronger leadership to the Party under this transition process and to ensure that it happens in an orderly manner.

“Such leadership is required so that the Party remains strong and united. It is also needed to improve our electoral fortunes by ensuring that it retains power at the center, hold the great majority in various legislative chambers and also gain additional number of states at state levels.

“In pursuit of the foregoing objectives, the Party has successfully established internal policies that promote continuity and smooth succession plans even at the state and local government levels.

“For example, first term Governors who have served credibly well have been encouraged to stand for re-election. Similarly, second term Governors have been accorded the privilege of promoting successors that are capable of driving their visions as well as the ideals of the party.”