3rd July, 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari has told members of the All Progressives Congress, especially the lawmakers elected on the platform of the party that should honour the platform through which they won the elections.
He gave a background of how he contested his present position and lost three times before winning after the formation of APC. “Whoever wants to run for elected office as a Nigerian must have a platform and that platform is the political parties hence the superiority of the party because that is our platform,” the president said.
He told the story of the party from the beginning when other parties came together to form APC, how INEC rejected their initial merger, how the first convention was planned and who was instrumental at the initial stage.
“I am going through all these (stories) because not all of us here participated in this and for you to reflect and thank the leadership of the party at various stages for going through all these which wasn’t easy.
“But God in his infinite mercy has paid us by giving us success, let us not throw this success to the wind.
“Let us as members of APC no matter our personal differences, get together and meet the mandate given to us by this country.
“This is my personal appeal and, in the name of God, whatever your personal interest is and ambition, please keep it close to your heart and in your pocket.
“Let APC work and let this system work and let us have a government that will earn the respect of our constituencies.
“I appeal to you to please continue working together and please accept the superiority of the party….because I respect the superiority of the party,” he said.