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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has urged members of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC to respect the supremacy of the party.
According to THE CABLE, the President made the remark at the opening of session of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at its secretariat in Abuja. He said, ''What ever your personal interests, put them in your pocket. Let APC work. Let the system work. I appeal to you to accept the superiority of the party. I cannot confine myself in Sambisa forest and refuse to participate in the meeting because I respect the superiority of the party.
''The elections have come and gone and the APC has won the battle and lost the war, this is the paradox of democracy and we can see how we are going to manage it. I have a worthy appeal to you, the chairman, to you the leadership of the party, to you the senators and members of the house of representatives and to you the governors that the APC must not disappoint our constituencies and the nation state.
''We thank God in four years we have to convince our constituencies that we are individually worthy of the sacrifices they have made, we have stayed awake days and nights, travelling around to make sure that the party emerge victorious. What subsequently happen is human, and as human beings, we are not perfect but let our collective action in this party rules because we have won the election and we will eventually win the war.''
''As for me as a president, I have to clearly understand the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria, the constitution of APC, and having tried three times and successfully lost three times and successfully ending up at the supreme court. I think I have tasted the bitter disappointments and the sweetness of success''.
''What happened to APC must be given to God almighty. The opposition party, has ruled the country for sixteen years, with all the treasuries, literally in their pockets and all the coercing forces in their command, but they still meekly conceded defeat. We congratulate them for that. I clearly understand the constitution from which INEC was developed with clear terms of reference and one of its important responsibilities is to register political associations as political parties, and whoever wants to participate in elective office as a Nigerian must seek a platform. And that platform is the political party, hence, the superior state of the parties. APC has been damn lucky. If I can use that.'', the President added.
According to THE CABLE, the President made the remark at the opening of session of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at its secretariat in Abuja. He said, ''What ever your personal interests, put them in your pocket. Let APC work. Let the system work. I appeal to you to accept the superiority of the party. I cannot confine myself in Sambisa forest and refuse to participate in the meeting because I respect the superiority of the party.
''The elections have come and gone and the APC has won the battle and lost the war, this is the paradox of democracy and we can see how we are going to manage it. I have a worthy appeal to you, the chairman, to you the leadership of the party, to you the senators and members of the house of representatives and to you the governors that the APC must not disappoint our constituencies and the nation state.
''We thank God in four years we have to convince our constituencies that we are individually worthy of the sacrifices they have made, we have stayed awake days and nights, travelling around to make sure that the party emerge victorious. What subsequently happen is human, and as human beings, we are not perfect but let our collective action in this party rules because we have won the election and we will eventually win the war.''
''As for me as a president, I have to clearly understand the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria, the constitution of APC, and having tried three times and successfully lost three times and successfully ending up at the supreme court. I think I have tasted the bitter disappointments and the sweetness of success''.
''What happened to APC must be given to God almighty. The opposition party, has ruled the country for sixteen years, with all the treasuries, literally in their pockets and all the coercing forces in their command, but they still meekly conceded defeat. We congratulate them for that. I clearly understand the constitution from which INEC was developed with clear terms of reference and one of its important responsibilities is to register political associations as political parties, and whoever wants to participate in elective office as a Nigerian must seek a platform. And that platform is the political party, hence, the superior state of the parties. APC has been damn lucky. If I can use that.'', the President added.