FCT: North Central Now Fully Aligned With APC – Aduda

A former Senator representing Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the National Assembly, Philip Aduda on Tuesday said the North Central geopolitical has now fully aligned with the All Progressives Congress (APC), following the embracement of the party by the nation’s capital.

Aduda, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to APC last week, stated this when he received the chairman of Kuje Area Council, Abdullahi Sabo, and his
Bwari Area Council counterpart, John Gabaya, who also joined the ruling party in Abuja.

The former lawmaker said with all the states of North Central zone, including FCT in APC, they will work together to deliver President Bola Tinubu at the 2027 general election.

“It is now seven over seven for the North Central geopolitical zone to deliver Mr. President. By the special grace of God, we’ll get the support from here to ensure that 2027 is a success and that Mr President wins the 2027 general election.

“If the area council chairmen are complete in the APC, it means that by the special grace of God, we are going to work to ensure that we deliver the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We are going to ensure that we deliver President Bola Ahmed Tinubu so that he can continue the good work that he is doing for us in the FCT.

“That is why the two executive chairmen saw reasons why they should join the All Progressive Congress so that together we can work to take the FCT to the highest level, not to the next level. Because if it is the next level, I think that the Minister of FCT is already doing so by the instructions of Mr. President.

“So, I want to thank the Honourable Minister of the Federal Capital Territory for all that he is doing for us in the FCT and how he has made us to key into the ‘Rainbow Coalition’ and to key into the Renewed Hope agenda of Mr. President.

“By the special grace of God, we will continue to work towards the development of the FCT by supporting the FCT Minister and by supporting Mr. President’s various projects and various initiatives to bettering the lives of the citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” he added.

Aduda who lost the 2023 general election, said he will listen to the calls of his people to contest for the seat again in the 2027 polls if it is their wish, adding that the mistakes of the last general election will not repeat itself.

“We have seen our mistakes, we have seen what happened in the 2023 general election and we will not allow it to repeat itself. That’s why we are all coming together to ensure that we work in unison and we work together as a team towards delivering for the FCT.

“I will listen to the call of the people and by the special grace of God, I will listen to the call of the people clearly. It is in the hands of God. I will listen to the clarion call of the people. If it is the wish of the people that I go back to serve them, so be it. I’ll be there ready for service and to serve the people as I’ve always done over the years” the former senate minority leader added.

On his part, the ALGON/Kwali Area Council chairman, Hon, Danladi Chiya, welcomed his colleagues to the ruling party, saying, staying in the opposition will not give FCT anything as even Aduda see the necessity to align and realign with the Rainbow Coalition to better the lots of people of the territory.

“For the interest of the people of FCT, there is still room and time for him(Aduda) to serve the people of FCT. That is why today, you can see with our younger ones and all other stakeholders in FCT, have decided to join the Renew Hope Agenda programme of Mr. President.

“We are calling on him to come and complete that assignment that he has left in the National Assembly. He started well, but we want him to come and complete it for us. We can start crying now because during his time, we have a lot of appointments; ambassadorial appointments, board appointments, and all other appointments across board,” he added.

In their separate remarks, the Kuje and Bwari Area Councils chairmen, said their decision to join the APC was informed by the giant strides of President Tinubu through the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike in the nation’s capital and pledged their unwavering loyal and support to them.