By Joy Odor
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has explained why he ordered the construction of a Christian Chapel at the national Secretariat of the party in Abuja.
Speaking after inspecting the construction of the chapel, he explained that the initiative is geared towards giving adherents of both the Islamic and Christian faiths equal opportunity to worship at the party Secretariat.
Ganduje was of the opinion that since the establishment of APC Secretariat, there was no church, and the mosque is also undergoing rehabilitation work while there would be a shops to avoid street hawking around the building.
The APC Chairman also promised to equip the party’s media centre with modern communication facilities that will enable live broadcast from the centre to various media organisations in Nigeria.
“The ongoing renovation works in our Secretariat are for the progress of the party and the nation. Before, there was no church, nobody goes to church on the premises, but now, we have a church. The mosque is also undergoing rehabilitation work. We have shops to avoid street hawking around the building. And we have concrete drainage”.
“The media centre in terms of its outlook and equipment. I have not seen any symbols of modern gadgets. We are not in an analogue period. But, I think what I have seen here is analogue. Our media people are not analogue. So, let us turn the media centre to a digital platform. I want you to discuss this with my Chief of Staff. I want a media centre such that from here you can talk to media houses sometimes live”.
Ganduje affirmed that the blueprint of APC is to increase the number of legislators and governors as well as members of the State House of Assemblies, which he said has informed the need for the party to be active throughout the year.
“In our tradition, usually political parties as institutions are only active during the electioneering. But in developed democracies, political parties are active because they are not only limited to election, recruitment of membership, hence APC will be active throughout the year” he noted.
