The ruling All Progressive Congress has inaugurated the  South west zone of the of the presidential support committee, its zonal executive members as well as state coordinators in the geo-political zone will be chaired by  Senator Ajayi Boroffice.

The event presided over by the national coordinator of the committee, Senator Godswill Akpabio, was held at the Premier Hotel in Ibadan. Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa-Ibom State, pleaded for unity among the new executive members, just as he promised to give full support to all support groups and to ensure that the efforts of all stakeholders did not go unrewarded when the APC Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari is re-elected. He called on all members of the party across the country to support the noble cause, maintaining that the opposition must not be allowed to return to rule the country, thereby slowing down the progress recorded by the present administration.

“We must not allow the looters back to our treasury. They are desperate, but we shall overcome them.” “God has guaranteed victory for the APC in 2019. All along, we have seen a man committed to change, the opposition may say what they like, but the integrity of President Muhammadu Buhari is still intact.” “President Buhari happens to be among the leaders that comes once in a generation. By the time he ends his second tenure, Nigeria would have been a disciplined country. He highlighted efforts of the President Buhari led government in the petroleum, power sector, noting that no state has been short-changed in his administration irrespective of their political affiliations.

It will be recalled that five key stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom State have been appointed into President Buhari’s Campaign Committee as part of strategy to ensure his victory in the state in the February 2019 general election. Akwa Ibom State coordinator of the committee, Pastor Mfon Okon disclosed this to newsmen yesterday at the Obong Nsima Ekere Campaign ground in Uyo.

According to Okon, Senator Godswill Akpabio representing Akwa Ibom North-West in the Senate was appointed as the National Coordinator while Lady Valerie Ebe, former deputy governor of the state was named Chairman National Advisory Committee.   He stated that Senator John  Akpanudoedehe was appointed as National Director Planning and Strategy. Others appointed into the committee are Senator Aloysius Etok, National Director for inter party affairs and Mrs. Rachael Akpabio, National Assistant Secretary, Welfare. Okon explained that the appointment is a reflection of the confidence that Mr. President and the party reposed in the ability of the appointees to work for the over-all victory of the party in the 2019 general election.

 

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