Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has called on leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North-central zone to remain united and provide good governance to the citizens.
Bello, who made the call when the Deputy National Chairman, North-central zone of the party, Zakari Idde, led the state chairmen of the zone to pay him a courtesy visit in Abuja, said this was necessary if the party was to enjoy more victories at the polls in the region.
He said: “The party is in control of all the states in the North Central and the only way it could go back to solicit their (citizens) support during elections is by providing quality leadership at all levels of government.
“This is an opportunity for us to show good governance because it is something that our members have been yearning for a long time. We have to really govern properly to enable the people spot the difference so that next time, when we go back to them, they will receive us with open arms.”
The Minister recalled that APC in the FCT was polarised along varying interests when he assumed office as Minister last year, noting that the party leaders in the zone played very crucial roles in reconciling and uniting the aggrieved members under one front, which he said brought about the landslide victory that the party recorded during the last FCT area councils’ elections.
“You played a reconciliatory and fatherly role. You were able to talk to the aggrieved parties to bring people together. I think that gave us the necessary unity that made it possible for us to get the successes that we got during the last Area Councils’ election.”
Bello stressed the need for the party to build upon this unity, adding that its electoral successes would always depend on it.
“At the end of the day, no matter our differences, I think our objective is to win elections and to provide good governance. For that to happen, we have to be united, extremely patient and know that under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari.”
The Minister assured that the FCT Administration would continue to provide the moral and logistics support to the party in order to strengthen its structure in the region as well as cushion some of the challenges being faced by the party’s leaders across board.
Speaking earlier, the National Deputy Chairman of the APC North-central zone, Zakari Idde, thanked the Minister for his efforts to win five out of the six area councils during the last Councils’ election.
While praising President Muhammadu Buhari for his anti-corruption crusade, he noted that the zonal leadership condemned the impeachment threat on him.
