Rivers APC Will Win All Elections – Caretaker Chairman
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by Romanghan Faith John
Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), has vowed that it would win all elections it would take part come 2023.
The vow was made by the State Caretaker Chairman, Barr. Isaac Abbott Ogbobula Saturday, December 12, 2020, while inaugurating its state, local government and ward executives in Rivers State,
The inauguration is a directive following the decision of the National Executive Council, NEC, of the party, last week, which dissolved all structures of the party at the State, local government, ward and unit levels.
The national body of the party had upon the decision inaugurated Barr. Isaac Abbot Ogbobula, to head the leadership of the party in Rivers State on a caretaker basis, with a charge to inaugurate new leaders at levels in the state.
Abbot Ogbobula, stated that the decision of the party has brought to end all legal issues against the leadership of the party in the State, maintaining that there was no longer crisis in Rivers APC.
He congratulated the newly inaugurated executives, tasking them to ensure that they work to make APC the party to beat in 2023.
“The leadership and State Executive Committee of our party, we congratulate you on your emergence. I urge you to abide by the provisions of the constitution of this party in the discharge of your duties.
“Ensure you are firm and do not carry out your duties with favour or prejudice on any member of the party.
“You are required, directed and mandated to go back today to your LGAs and swear in caretakers Committees of the LGAs.”
“The leadership of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) dissolved all the structures of the party at the state, local government, ward and unit levels.
“In that meeting, they extended the mandate of the National Caretaker Committee led by His Excellency, Buni. Thereafter, they reconstituted a brand new caretaker committees in the 36 states including FCT, Abuja.
“It is a fresh and new mandate. It is completely a new caretaker committee. You will see that the state caretaker committee, we inaugurated a full executive order than the five we have had before. Thereafter we inaugurated excos of the 23 local government areas of the state. They, in turn, are going now to inaugurate those of the local government.”
The Ekpeye born caretaker chairman added that the party rightly chose individuals who have the capacity to work for the party.
He further stressed that; “There is no crisis in APC Rivers State. We are together under the leadership of Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi. We have disagreements here and there but we don’t have crisis. We have just one APC in Rivers State and one APC in Nigeria.
“The party will take over the Rivers State Government House, the Brick House in 2023. The APC will produce the next president of the country come 2023. There is no faction in APC.
“The chairmen we have in the 23 LGA have the capacity to take this party to the next level. They have the capacity to deliver the party in any election we participate in, especially, the 2023 governorship, House of Assembly, and Presidential elections,” he added.
