The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama says the forthcoming state congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will provide a platform for the party to become competitive in Enugu State.
Onyeama said this on Sunday in Enugu during a meeting of stakeholders of APC from Enugu West Senatorial zone. The minister said that the state chapter of the party had passed through a lot of challenges over the years and needed to move on in unity.
The minister said that he was prevailed upon to convene the meeting due to the imminent state congresses of the party as the APC in the state had largely been viewed as a huge joke in the past six years.
He, however, said that the forthcoming congress of the party would provide a new dawn and an opportunity to get things right.
Onyeama called for unity among party faithful from the zone and the state in general and appealed to party members not to destroy the APC with their personal ambitions.
“This is an opportunity as stakeholders to make our input so that the path we will follow will be consensual.
“When you look at a lot of the challenges we are facing in the state, it becomes important that we are united.
“It is normal to have a personal ambition but we also have to keep an eye on the bigger picture and make personal sacrifices by subsuming such ambition for the greater picture,” he said.
According to the minister, if the APC will win and form the next government in the state, it is not something the party members can just sit down and see it happen.
“The whole purpose of this meeting is not about self-fulfillment or aggrandizement but about service to our people. Our people are suffering and it is totally unconscionable for us to be blind to this reality.
“If we are serious for APC to be a party that will deliver to the common people, then, let us try to fashion out a roadmap that will be as inclusive and peaceful as we can possibly make it,” he said.
Onyeama called on the stakeholders to look at issues of zoning and rotation of party offices dispassionately and agree on the way forward.
