ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- President Bola Tinubu has assured dedicated members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of a good reward system.
National Chairman of the ruling party, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje disclosed this when he played host to members of the Forum of APC State Chairmen in his office in Abuja.
The 36 States party chairmen had on Friday paid a solidarity visit to Tinubu where they made case for a good reward system for members that contributed to the electoral success of the party during the 2023 general elections.
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Ganduje while addressing the party state chieftains, expressed the President’s appreciation to them, as well as his readiness and promise to address all the requests presented before him.
Commending the chairmen for visit to the President, he said: “This is a very important courtesy call you made to Mr President. He was so happy with it. I want to assure you that visit like this will be a continuous one.
“I am also happy to inform you the he (President Tinubu) has granted your requests, especially on political appointments. He is doing something about it. He will surely reward hard-working and loyal members of the party accordingly.”
The APC National Chairman also ceased the opportunity to intimate the state chairmen of the proposed electronic registration of party members billed to kick off soon in the 774 local government areas.
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Ganduje emphasized the importance of the registration exercise, and urged the state leaders to own the project.
He stressed that they will be involved in the recruitment of personnel to undertake the exercise in thier states.
On his part, the APC Deputy National Organising Secretary, Nze Chidi Duru, also told the state chairmen that the party’s headquarters has concluded plans for a seamless and hitch free exercise, adding that they were only waiting for the flag off date from the President.
Also, he said chapters of the party will in the new week be expected to send two persons for training of the electronic registration adding that the two personnel will be scaling down the training exercise at the state level for officers to conduct the exercise.
Confirming the President’s assurance, the Secretary of the forum and APC Chairman Cross River State Barrister Alphonsus Ogar, said they and their Governors collated names of committed party faithful for reward.
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While addressing newsmen at the party’s national secretariat after meeting with the Chairman and members of the National Working Committee (NWC), Ogar said, “We have worked with our various stakeholders to collate names of party faithful.
“And it was also the mantra of Mr President that ‘monkey dey work, monkey dey chop. Baboon no work baboon no chop.’ In fact, Mr President had told us in one of our meetings that if he catches a baboon that didn’t work coming to eat, he was personally going to arrest that baboon.”