Based on the achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be re-elected come 2019, the party’s Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Lawal Shuaibu, has said.
Senator Shuaibu said this when he received the Deputy Director of the Research Office, International Department of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC), Dong Weihua, at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja.
Weihua led a Chinese delegation on a working visit to the APC.
The party’s senior official, who was responding to questions by the leader of the Chinese delegation on the APC’s re-election chances in 2019, said during the 2015 election campaign, the APC ran an issue-based campaign and focused on three core areas, namely; the fight against corruption, stabilising the economy and restoration of peace and security in the country.
He said despite the rot met on ground when the APC took over government in 2015, the current administration has addressed itself to clearing the rot and delivering on election promises made to Nigerians during the campaigns.
Senator Shuaibu also said that the APC currently has 15.2 million members.
“I make bold to say that there is no other option before Nigerians than the APC. We inflicted a very big injury on the former ruling party in 2015. During the campaigns, we realised our own method benefitted us because our manner of campaign was devoid of any hate speech. Theirs was full of hate speech and Nigerians clearly saw the difference.
“After we took over as a government, we brought out to the open for Nigerians to see the amount of damage done to the Nigerian economy, to every fabric of the Nigerian society – impunity became a culture; corruption was an accepted norm. That was how we found this country. We promised Nigerians that we will fix the economy, ensure security of lives and property and fight corruption no matter who is involved,” he said.
The Deputy Director of the Research Office, IDCPC, who spoke through an interpreter, said the Communist Party of China put great emphasis on international exchanges with foreign political parties.
She said that in October 18 the Communist Party of China will convene its 19th congress. Responding, the APC Deputy National Chairman (North) said the party was ready to collaborate with Communist Party of China.