Osinbajo calls on Nigerians to focus on unity of country

The Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday  cautioned Nigerians to resist any attempt to destroy the unity in the country , which he said people had lived and worked together for.

Penpushing reports that ,he made the call  while flagging off of the All Progressives Congress (APC), revalidation and registration exercise  and revalidation of his membership of the party which took place, at ward1, Unit 3, Egunrege, Ikenne , in Ikenne local government.

The Vice President  stated that the government must continue to attend to the demands of communities for justice, equity and fairness,  adding that the nation was stronger together than apart, just as he pointed out security challenges the country is currently facing.

“We are in government at one of the most challenging times in history. The pandemic has made matters worse, and we have also had security challenges that have  stretched our law enforcement capacities all over the country. What we must ensure are prosecution of  all those who have been arrested for kidnapping, banditry and  all other forms of criminalities”, he said.

“There must be evidence that justice is being done. This is achievable by stronger collaboration between the police, states Ministries of Justice and the Federal Ministry of Justice. With the new Service Chiefs, we have a fresh set of eyes,  intellect, skills and a fresh look at strategies against the insurgency in the North East , as well as  banditry and kidnapping elsewhere.  In this new approach much greater emphasis is being placed on technology for surveillance, intelligence gathering and attack,” he said.

Penpushing further reports that, Osinbajo  emphasised that  there must be state police structure,  adding that it was important to  speed up and  strengthen the community policing structures,and further stated that states must continually train, educate and formalize their local security structures so that they complement the Federal law enforcement agencies.

The Vice President  on the revalidation of his  membership of All Progressives Congress(APC),  said he was pleased to participate in the exercise, adding, “permit me to welcome you all to Ikenne my home town and more importantly the home town of Papa Obafemi Awolowo, the father and progenitor of the great movement that we call “the progressives” today.

“It is on the broad shoulders of  the social democratic philosophies of the maximum happiness and well being of all the people that we in our great party the APC-stand firmly and confidently today. Party registration and revalidation is important because it offers us an opportunity to have a credible roll of members such that we are able to reach our members from the polling booth level all the way to the wards, local government, and federal constituencies.

“Why do we want to reach our people? The people are the party and the party is the people. Ours is a grassroots party. A party of  the people. Our focus is on the welfare, prosperity and wellbeing of all our people,” he said.

The Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, in his remarks commended both President Muhammed Buhari and his Vice  for going back to their respective wards to revalidate their membership of the ruling party, adding that the registration and revalidation exercise would be successful in Ogun, with assurance that new members would be mobilised for the party during the exercise.

Penpushing also reports that, the Southwest Team Leader of Registration and Revalidation Committee, Hon Lawan Shuaib, on his part said the exercise was to establish that ward remained  the power base of the party, pointing out that anyone who desired to join the party should vdo so at the ward level, declaring that ward executive had power to discipline erring party members.

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC)  Registration and Revalidation Committee and Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, said since 2014 when the party held similar exercise, the party had lost some members and gained more members, hence, the imperative of the 2021 exercise.

Meanwhile, Governor Abiodun also revalidated his membership of the party at ward 3, unit 1, Ita Sonyin, Iperu

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