BY BGENGA ARIYIBI

Ado Ekiti – GOVERNOR  Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, yesterday said All Progressive Congress, APC, aimed at promoting true federalism with its attendant features of decentralisation and  devolution of powers, allowing all parts of the country to feel a sense of belonging and ownership.

Fayemi in a statement through his Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Mr. Yinka Oyebode  in Ado-Ekiti, assured that APC’s membership would be opened to all progressive Nigerians who were ready to wrestle power from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the centre.

Fayemi, who is also Chairman, APC’s Contact and Mobilis- ation Committee in the South West, said the party would  restore the values of federalism and internal democracy in the country.

According to him, APC would not limit its membership drive in the Southwest to political parties in the merger arrangement; instead it would open its doors to other progressive platforms and interest groups outside the merger plan, as well as individuals willing to be part of the new arrangement aimed at rescuing the nation.

The APC (which is a merger of ACN, ANPP, CPC and APGA) would extend its mobilisation drive to socio-political groups in the bid to create a robust platform that would work for the realisation of a better Nigeria.

According to Fayemi, the birth of APC at a time Nigerians earnestly yearned for accountable, responsive and responsible leadership was quite significant.

He said: “Our party will undertake to facilitate radical socio-economic and political transformation of the country. Our programme priorities shall be agricultural development, jobs creation, free education, infrastructural development, poverty eradication and rapid technological development.”

He added that the APC manifesto would highlight strategic short, medium and long term pragmatic initiatives to be undertaken by all governments produced by the party.