President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday charged the newly-elected Chairman of the governing party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, to be fair and firm as he is known to be, in all his dealings, in his new assignment in the ruling party.
According to a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari said this he received Adamu, in company of the former acting chairman of the APC caretaker convention committee and Governor of Yobe State Mai Mala Buni.
The President assured that he will continue the struggle to entrench democratic principles in politics and the affairs of governance.
He said: “Today, we should all be happy that the party has nursed its wounds and healed itself sufficiently to march forward to face the challenges of the coming state and General elections.
“When I reflect on policies of the administration on the economy and specifically in the development of agriculture, infrastructure, ICT and innovation and the welfare measures we have put in place for women, the youth and the less privileged members of the society, I get fresh confidence that our citizens will continue supporting the APC in our electoral battles.’
“Our government,” said the President “is working for the betterment of the country. Our policies and programmes aim at nothing but the betterment of the country and its people. Essentially, the party should take the programmes of the government to the people to infuse confidence into them.”
President Buhari again commended the Buni-led Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning for the conduct of the congresses and convention leading to the emergence of the Adamu-led National Executive Committee, NEC, saying “we cannot thank you enough for all that you did.”