Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said no amount of attack by the opposition to discredit the achievements of the party will stop it from ruling the country beyond 2023.
Oshiomhole said this when he met with governors elected under the platform of the party in Abuja.
The national chairman said the party had made progress on the three areas that formed the bedrock of their electioneering and that were also enshrined in their manifesto.
“We also want to congratulate you for having being reelected. Sometimes it is easier to be elected the first time. But to be reelected implies a huge vote of confidence by the people of your respective states,” he said.
“And Looking at things from here, I know a lot went into trying to seize the deliberate attempt by the opposition to discredit the good ones.
“Like, we have said during the retreat, we believed our party has made a lot of progress in the three key areas that were reflected in our manifesto”
He also charged the party members to work as a team, adding that there was a lot more to be done so as to sustain the moment and keep them in ascendancy.
“But, there is a lot to be done. And I am sure working together at both the executive, state and federal by the special grace of God, we will do better in this second time. As to merit, our party will continue to govern the country post 2023.”
He said his position as the national chairman of the ruling party had been full of ups and downs.
“It is quite a challenging experience for me. I try to compare myself as a governor and now as chairman of a party, coming in at the eve of primaries and dealing with fall outs of the previous congresses. And then proceeding to conduct elections, “he said.
“Then conduct primaries and campaigns across the 36 states and the FCT. And, working hard to ensure that we secure as many votes we can for our president.
“As, well as support our states particularly where we didn’t have state governors to ensure that we are able to lend a helping hand”
He said that even though they lost some states, they could take positives from the ones they gained.
He said “I am happy to say that at the end of the day even though we lost some states we also gained some states. We gained Kwara, which for us is extremely important. And, we also gained Gombe state which is also very strategic among others.
“Of course, we have a clear majority in the national assembly. We have more senators elected on our platform. We also have more of house representatives elected on our platform.
“As it stands there are many cases in court. And until those cases are resolved, we won’t be able to say for sure where we stand. It is our prayer because we believed that a lot of our cases in court have merit. We hope that there will be justice and they are resolve in our favor.”