President Muhammad Buhari has expressed satisfaction with the performance of the ruling All Progressives Congress’ interim leaders.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu made this known on Tuesday.
Shehu said the President made the remark at a virtual meeting he had with state governors elected on the platform of the party and members the Mai Mala Buni-led caretaker committee.
The presidential aide disclosed this in a statement titled “President Buhari interacts with APC governors, commends party caretakers.”
It would be recalled that Adams Oshiomhole was in June suspended as the party’s national chairman.
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Later that month, the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) met and dissolved the National Working Committee (NWC) over controversies that ensued regarding nomination of another chairman.
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It then appointed the Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni and others as the chairman and members of the caretaker committee as well as of the extraordinary National Convention Committee.
Shehu said at the Tuesday’s virtual interaction with the governors of the APC-controlled states with the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo in attendance, the President said he is pleased with the work that the caretaker committee has been doing.
He also quoted Buhari appreciating the efforts of the APC governors following the successful conduct of the party primaries in Edo and Ondo States.
Shehu said the President told the gathering;
I am happy that they knew their responsibilities as governors and had identified the right priorities.
Speaking on behalf of his colleagues, the governor of Kebbi State and Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, Atiku Bagudu, thanked Buhari for taking the right steps to resolve the crisis in the party.
According to Shehu’s statement;
The APC governors also commended the President for his handling of security issues and the economy, noting in particular, the success recorded in pulling the country out of the 2016 economic recession as well as the ongoing management of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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