By Michael Agbaji
The National Chairmanship aspirant for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief Salisu Mustapha has declared that he is in the race of chairmanship to give the party purposeful leadership to win 2023 general election.
Alhaji Salisu Mustapha stated this while speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday after a meeting with the APC House Rep. Caucus.
While reacting to the position of women and youths in party,he says qualified women and youths deserve the position leadership in the party as they are part tools for development.
According to him, Members of the National Assembly need to interact with party quarterly for the progress of Nigeria democracy.
Alhaji Salisu Mustapha was the founding members of CPC which later merged with other political parties that came out victorious in 2015.
According to him,”if APC is looking for experience, Alhaji Salisu Mustapha (The Turaki of ILorin)is the man to take the party to victory in 2023 general election.
He urge the leadership of the party to always believe in democratic culture in manage the affairs of the party.
Alhaji Salisu said, he was at the house of representative to solicit the support of the Members.
According to him, the party needed people that were tested and trusted to handle the affairs of the party that will them victory in 2023.
“We need people that are focused, determined and trusted in the past with responsibilities and delivered their responsibilities.
“It is not about where you are from but about what you have done in the past and what people think you can do.”
He said that he was optimistic that the party would get better result in 2023.
Receiving the delegation, The Leader of the House Ado Dogowa said “APC is at a cross road that is a bad news. But the good news is that we are about to rebound from those challenges. He urge all the Hon.Members to support Alhaji Salisu Mustapha on ambition to become the National Chairman because of his experience.
“The nearer we get to Saturday, the better the prospects and our hopes that all of those challenges will become a thing of the past.
“All we seek in the national assembly is a strong and united APC that will come out of this convention and step forward to win the next elections.
“We have an obligation as a party to disappoint our opponents, which is now.
“We want a leader that can speak truth to power, a leader that has the capacity to arrest and bring together every ego, a leader that can make us understand that collectively, we are bigger than our individual selves”.
