By Chesa Chesa
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday appointed six State Governors across the six geo-political zones of the country to coordinate party activities and reconcile aggrieved members of the party in each zone.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is to take charge of South West, Hope Uzordinma of Imo State is to coordinate the South East zone while Cross River State, Bassey Otu.
Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, takes charge of North-Central, Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state is the coordinator of North-east and Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna state coordinates the party’s activities in the North-west.
National Chairman of APC, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, inaugurated and presented letters to the six governors at the party headquarters in Abuja, after which he listed the terms of references to them.
He said they are to coordinate with fellow governors in their zones to identify and get more members to participate in the activities of the party.
They are also to initiate periodic interfaces between the governors in the zones and the leadership of the party and liaise with the party to commence an immediate process for genuine reconciliation of aggrieved party members in the zones.
In his words, they are specifically to “mobilise Governors of the zones to effectively and physically participate in party activities within and outside the zone.
“Consult with Governors of the Zones on issues that will further enhance the progress and unity of the Party within the zone. Assist the party on resource mobilization within the Zones.
“Participate in any other activity that may be assigned by the party.”
Responding on behalf of the Governors, the Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) and Imo State Governor, Uzodinma thanked the party for the honour and assured the chairman that the task at hand would be accomplished.
He said: “We are very delighted and happy that the party in its wisdom introduced this new policy of properly coordinating the party. As you are aware, we at the Progressive Governors’ Forum have a membership of 20 governors which means 20 states are currently being governed by APC.
“We have to start from there to ensure an inclusive participation of all members of our party, and to take this participation to the grassroots, I think that’s the wisdom behind this inauguration.
“We are indeed glad with our party for this innovation, a very innovative idea and they have involved us as drivers of the programme. I think we are happy at the new development and that’s what democracy is all about.”
