The All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated Nigerians
on the emergence of the new party, saying with the birth of APC, Nigerians now
have an alternative to a ruling party that has taken the people for a bad ride
in the past 14 years.
In a statement issued by its interim National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Lagos on Wednesday, APC said its emergence
is a victory for Nigeria and for democracy, and that it has now also propelled
the country to the league of top democratic nations with two major political
parties.
”The journey has been long and tortuous. All sorts of obstacles
were thrown into our path by anti-democratic forces, but we were painstaking,
determined and unrelenting in our quest for a formidable platform that will
allow our country, Nigeria, to achieve her full potentials and join the league
of respectable nations.
”With the approval of our merger by INEC and the emergence of
APC, today marks the beginning of a new dawn for our country and her
long-suffering people. We thank Nigerians both here and in the Diaspora for
standing by us. We thank the media for their fairness, and we commend INEC
for doing the right thing and for not succumbing to pressures from
phantom political associations that sought to force it to circumvent the
law.
”We promise not to disappoint Nigerians who have reposed much
confidence in us. We say that contrary to the lies being peddled by the
naysayers, we are not seeking political power for the sake of getting it, but
in order to use it to empower our people and allow their long-nursed hopes and
dreams to become a reality.
”And to those who have vowed to change their names if APC
survives for a year, we hope they will live up to their words,” it
said. APC said Nigerians can now look forward to a truly democratic party
in the best traditions of what the world considers as the best form of
government.
The party promised to unveil, in the days ahead, its membership
registration plans to give all Nigerians, especially those who have become
disenchanted with the way things are going in the country, the much-awaited
opportunity to be part of the country’s democratic process in the true
sense of the word.
”We will also be unveiling our plans to turn today’s
hopelessness into a time of great opportunities, to reverse the downward slide
in our socio-economic development, and to ensure that every Nigerian benefits
from the commonwealth, instead of the present situation in which a few fat cats
are milking the system dry at the expense of the citizenry,” APC said
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