Buhari Tasks APC On Succession Plan

Ahead of All Progressives Congress’ February 26 convention, President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the need for the party to be deliberae about its sucession plans.
The President, who made the recommendation while receiving members of the APC National Youth Lobby Group, said young people’s inclusion in party affairs, governance would encourage learning and mentoring in government and politics.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement he signed on Friday, titled ‘Ensure young people with requisite skills get board appointment, President Buhari directs SGF, chief of staff, ministers’.
Buhari also assured the Barrister Ismaeel Ahmed-led youth lobby group that the leadership of the party would ensure full participation of young people at all levels.
“I will also support the aspirations of credible and committed young people who are vying for positions in the upcoming convention.
“It is also in our interest to ensure the longevity of our party by standardizing and institutionalising the leadership recruitment system. Hardworking and exemplary individuals should be identified and encouraged and mentored.
“It should be a deliberate policy of the progressives in ensuring that we have a robust succession plan in place,” he said.
Commending members of the group for the work they are doing for the party, the President said: “You are not begging, but negotiating, staking a claim and seeking to add value, which is admirable.”
He urged them to help the party achieve a successful convention on February 26, 2022 and in subsequent elections in Ekiti and Osun States.
President Buhari declared that APC must be made attractive for younger people to continuously take ownership of it because that is the future, and that is what progress means.”
Describing the President as the leader of the party and moral compass of the nation, the APC Youth leader thanked him for sending a powerful delegation to the Progressive Youth Conference in June 2021, demonstrating that the present government believes in young people.