The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdulahi Ganduje, says the party has concluded palms to establish a National Institute of Progressive Study.
The chairman, while speaking on Saturday in Lokoja during the inauguration of Kogi state National Gubernatorial Campaign Council said he believed that progressivism as a political ideology could be deployed to improve the lives of millions of Nigerians.
Ganduje stressed that the party would ensure that with the kind of graduates the institute will be producing from time to time, the Nigerian political space will be populated by truly progressive minded politicians.
His words: “This is to enable our members across the country to have both a symbolic representation of our party in their neighbourhood and, a place for active interaction between and among members on one hand, and members and leadership at different tiers of government on the other hand.
“In addition, our vision is to institutionalise the progressive ideology in the body politic of our country. We indeed believe that progressivism as a political ideology can be deployed to improve the lives of millions of our compatriots and improve our society through appropriate political action and social reform based on advancement in Science, Technology, Economic Development and Social Organisation. To crystalise this vision, we are at the concluding stage of establishing a National Institute of Progressive Study.
“This Institute, going forward, will facilitate the channeling and integrating the nation’s progressive minded politicians into the substance, orientation and practice of progressive ideology and political best practices. This will certainly amplify our difference from other political parties that are only interested in capturing power.”
The chairman also revealed that the party would also establish functional offices in all the 8,813 wards across the country to bring symbolic representation of the party close to the people.
According to him, It is pertinent to also note that we have initiated and concluded plans to structure our party into a truly grassroots progressive party by opening full-fledged and functional offices in all 8,813 wards in Nigeria.
The chairman also called on all party members and stakeholders to rally round APC governorship candidate to succeed in the forthcoming election in Kogi state.
Ganduje said: “I will like to therefore call on all our party members and stakeholders to rally round our candidate so that our party will succeed. By so doing, all the legacy projects would be sustained and there will be continuation in governance. As a party, we are committed to working hard individually and collectively to realise these goals and objectives.