By Chesa Chesa
The new national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, has charged members of the Plateau State House of Assembly to work harder and ensure that the all the elective positions, including the governorship, in the state in the 2027 general elections.l are won by the party.
He gave the charge at the party headquarters in Abuja, while hosting the lawmakers who were on a solidarity visit, stating that all indicators show that the APC has become more acceptable to Nigerians than other political parties.
Yilwatda said “I appreciate the fact that we have a majority of twenty four House of Assembly members who are APC. At the National Assembly, especially the House of Representatives, the APC members are mire and in the Senate, two out of three members 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 for a destination of choice. All of us in the APC, all the members of APC are the mechanics of this party to fix this vehicle to a destination of our choice. And to ensure that is done as you all know we are just coordinators, the strength of the party is not at the national… you are the nearest to the people.
“So, I depend on you. We can assure you that we will ensure transparency, ensure inclusivity, ensure that we broaden the space, open our doors, and our doors are still open to attract more people. For people attracted, we have to include governors that are still counting.”
Earlier, the Speaker of the Assembly, Naanlong Daniel Gapyil, who led the 24 members, including two PDP legislators, to the APC National Secretariat told the chairman the visit was for solidarity, and that they have been working harmoniously with the PDP Governor in the interest of peace and development of Plateau state.
He stated that going forward, the lawmakers would take the task assigned to them by the National Chairman seriously and take the gospel of the party to all nooks and crannies of Plateau State to win more members for the party.
“We came 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, the 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 see a turning point and you know Plateau state is the driver that drives the entire central Nigeria.
“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 am sure that some of the sentiments that were escalated by virtue of the new appointment has been addressed, such as most of those unending aspirations that our people were driving”, he said.
