North-West APC moves to end party crisis

The North-West zone of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has resolved to promote efforts to end the challenges facing some state chapters of the party.

The APC made this known via a statement issued by the National Vice Chairman of the North-West zone, Malam Salihu Lukman, after a meeting held in Kaduna on Thursday.

The meeting has in attendance APC governors, gubernatorial candidates, and ministers from the zone.

According to Lukman, the attendees noted that it was vital to strengthen the APC in the North-West and improve leadership engagements and cohesion within the zone.

He added: “Participants requested the National Vice-Chairman (North-West) to ensure that the consultative meeting is sustained as a vital tool for cohesion within the party.

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“Participants received the zonal report from the National Vice Chairman (North-West) and reviewed the state of the party at the national level and within the zone.

“The zonal meeting welcomed the successful conclusion of primaries at the state and national levels.

“The meeting noted the contribution of the North-West to the emergence and growth of the APC and its electoral viability, with the North-West providing about 39% of the votes the APC recorded in the 2019 and 2015 presidential elections.”

Lukman stated that the zone “resolved to aggregate its interests and vital concerns and engage accordingly with the presidential candidate of the party.”

The Star