{"id":94789,"date":"2023-08-23T08:39:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T07:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/apga-natl-chair-ezeokenwa-lauds-tinubu-on-security-rues-high-cost-of-governance"},"modified":"2023-08-23T11:12:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T10:12:30","slug":"apga-natl-chair-ezeokenwa-lauds-tinubu-on-security-rues-high-cost-of-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apga-natl-chair-ezeokenwa-lauds-tinubu-on-security-rues-high-cost-of-governance","title":{"rendered":"APGA nat\u2019l chair, Ezeokenwa lauds Tinubu on security, rues high cost of governance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Mr Sylvester Ezeokenwa has declared that President Bola Tinubu is providing answers to the nation\u2019s economic challenges, including tackling insecurity.<\/p>\n

Speaking during a press conference at the regional headquarters of the party in Awka, Ezeokenwa called on Tinubu to ensure reduction in cost of governance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy that Mr President is doing well. He has done remarkably well in security.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe level of violence in the country has died down and the President is creating ministries that will help us to tackle the rot in the nation and offer meaningful development.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing we must urge the President to do is to cut down on the cost of governance. The cost of governance in Nigeria is way too high, and Mr President must live by example.<\/p>\n

\u201cPublic office is the highest level of charity, and our leaders must start seeing leadership as their own sacrifice to their people.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince I became national chairman of APGA, nothing has changed about my life. I still live the same way, drive myself the same way I always did, and go everywhere, without retinue of security people following me.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is what public office holders should strive to do, and that can help to cut the cost of governance in Nigeria,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On what he is doing to move APGA forward, Ezeokenwa said his leadership wants to reposition the party, make it youth friendly, and woo back all those who left the party in the past, including Mr Peter Obi, while also strengthening its ideology.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn APGA, our contract is with the people. Most of the credit Obi (Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi) garnered during the last election was because of his performance in Anambra as an APGA governor.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did not achieve those feats as LP governor. So the credit people were giving to him was one which he got from APGA. In due course, we will meet Obi to come back to APGA because it is his home. It is the home he helped to build.<\/p>\n

\u201cAPGA is the vehicle that took him to the limelight. There is no doubt about the ability and capability of Obi. He attended the APGA institute of good governance, where I\u2019m a student today.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are also working on the ideology of the party. It is wrong for a political party not to be ideology based, but just a mere vehicle to take people to power. We have cases where people are in one party at night and another at day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what we want to stop in APGA. Political parties have clear cut ideology and we are working to restore our ideology. You must believe in what the ideology of APGA is, to be able to belong.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also want to bring young people to politics, so that they can use politics to actualize their goals in life. If you are a young person, and you have the interest of making Nigeria work, you can come on board and let\u2019s achieve that together.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny progressive minded person that is interested in making Nigeria work can come join us. We are launching APGA as a party of young people who are interested in making Nigeria work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to build a party that will leverage the intelligence, creativity and resilience of young people. We will no longer tolerate sabotage and arbitrary movement from one party to another,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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