Address delivered by chief Bisi Akande on the APC registration and revalidation of membership.
A political party register,has distinct from population census or voters register,is supposed to include the list of opinion leaders within a particular ideological orientation.
I feel humbled to have been honored with a singular privilz of presiding over the creation of the original register of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
I am also proud and happy that the original party register so created was the foundation of all the structures that stimulated the movements that pushed the inept and corrupt PDP out of power; that have twice installed the present Muhammadu Buhari”s administration in to the presidency of Nigeria; and,that preponderantly established the enviable hegemony of the APC party organizations and influences throughout Nigeria today that the same party – TG the APC – singles me out for membership Revalidation at this ceremony in my village home at Ila orangun within this tiny corner of Nigeria.
Please,permit me to make two observations.
The first is that,in normal. Circumstances,a caretaker Executive Committee for a political party is an abnormality.If not carefully controlled and expeditiously managed,most aberant authorities end up in contempt and disgrace.
For this reason,I want to urge the present APC caretaker Executive Committee. To resist all temptations of sit-tight syndromes that usually characterized most handpicked authorities in most underdeveloped countries of the world.
The second is to say that no population cencus is repeated within less than a decade and that voters are not registered at every election.within this context,I see the present APC membership registration within less than a decade after the original register as an indefensible aberration leading to certain ugly perceptions.
The first major perception is that APC, already having well computerised register for an average of 100 leaders of similar ideological orientation per each of the more than 120000 polling units across Nigeria, might be lacking comprehension and matrix of the modern day technology. The second major perception is that APC leadership might be wasteful and unappreciative of the proper use of money in a kind of scanty economy ikn which Nigeria now finds itself. These seeming ugly perceptions put into abeyance the applause of the two national election successes that the original APC register enjoyed since its completion on 15th February,2014 and the over one billion Naira of 2014’s value that the original register cost when APC had no money on it’s own.
While thanking you All -my APC leaders and its delegation- that now come to honour me today,I want to emphasize and warn that the next national election that would elect a successor to president Muhammadu Buhari is going to be the most important test on the ongoing APC membership registrations and whatever structure being envisaged to be imposed on it. It is my advice and prayer,therefore, that every sense of responsibility should be selflessly employed to make these efforts ultimately result in success for our APC.
I thank you for your attention to the matters I just raised and I wish you every success in your endeavors.
