The national chairman of the ruling All progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje says the party has commenced the registration of its members nationwide electronically.

Speaking when he met with elders and leaders from the north central geopolitical zone at the national secretariat of the party, he explained that the initiative was in tandem with extant provision of the electoral amendment Act.

Ganduje who recalled the circumstances that that led to his emergence as the national chairman of the party, assured that it would no longer business as usual in the party.

Referring to the ongoing membership registration electronically, the establishment of the progressive institute as some of the measures put in place to reposition the party.

Ganduje reiterated his resolve to work in convert with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to address the multifaceted challenges besetting the country.

Ganduje who expressed gratitude to the party leaders for passing a vote of confidence on his performance assured that he would not waver in sustaining the winning streaks of the party across the country.

The former Senate President, Ameh Ebute, who led the party leaders drawn from Benue, Plateau, Kogi, Niger, Nasarawa, FCT, and Kwara States expressed satisfaction with the performance of the Ganduje led national working committee (NWC) of the party.

He noted: “We have by our own free will, and as a collective of true progressives, decided to pay Your Excellency this solidarity visit because we believe this is the best time to physically express our appreciation of the great things you have been doing for our great Party since you were sworn into the office of the National Chairman.

“Therefore, this is a solidarity visit to our respected National Chairman by Party members of North Central Nigeria to ask and demand that you continue to do more for our Party.

“Of course, Mr Chairman, we are not unaware of growing calls by some elements of the Party from the North Central Zone for reversal of the occupant of the office of the National Chairman based on the zoning arrangements that made Senator Abdullahi Adamu, your predecessor, who is from Nasarawa State in the North Central Zone, the National Chairman of our Party before he resigned in 2023.

“While we acknowledge the efforts of these advocates of returning the Chairman’s office to North Central Zone, we however, believe that the more compelling reason for anybody to advance the manner of person that will occupy the office of the National Chairman of our Party should be about consideration for track record of performance as shown in winning political contests against the opposition.

“Equally important is how the rank and file members of the Party are directly benefiting from the activities of the Party across the country.

“When we put all these together, we came to the conclusion that you, Your Excellency, ticks all the boxes for a performing excellent Chairman. Indeed, you’re not just a performing National Chairman but a National Chairman that had done the most in the shortest possible time to positively impact individual members of our great party while our party have also recorded impressive electoral strides bereft of rancour under your leadership.

“By these considerations, we hereby declare our unalloyed support for you, Your Excellency, to continue to manage the affairs of our great Party, the APC and to remain in the office of the National Chairman, for the good and development of members of the Party especially for the purpose of ensuring stability in the administration of our great Party.

“We are particularly happy the you’re adopting technology and innovation in the management of the Party affairs. It is a thing of pride to us that our great Party’s membership register is now been digitalised in alignment with global best practices.

“This is a first in the political history of our great country. This translates to mean that while the opposition was busy doing nothing you put your hand to the plough and got busy working and thinking for the Party. We thank you so much for this, Your Excellency.
In addition, Your Excellency, you’re blazing a new trail in ideological politics in the political annals of our great country.

“With the Progressive Institute that you’re structuring, we can boastfully tell opposition parties that we are not the same. Thanks to you Your Excellency, our party is not only ideological driven, it has a school where we impart knowledge and leadership grooming for our members.

“We can continue to count your many achievements in the short time of your ascendancy to this exalted office but time and space will not allow us. Suffice to say, Your Excellency, that you have done very well and for that reason you have our undiluted support.”