Information Minister Calls For Unity To Promote Democracy, Development
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Muhammed Idris, has called for collective unity amongst citizens to promote democracy that would lead to harvest of its dividend and development.
Idris made the appeal when the officials and some members of APC North-Central Zone, led by its Chairman, Alhaji Bawa Rijau, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Director of Press in the Ministry, Mr Suleiman Haruna, on Friday in Abuja.
According to Idris, democracy is nothing if it doesn’t bring progress, development and unity amongst the people.
“It was for this reason that President Bola Tinubu is constantly promoting the dual concepts of unity and economic prosperity to our people; as the Chief Image Maker of Nigeria, that is the message I am also disseminating.
“National re-orientation is at the heart of the change and hope that we all desire for this country; each one of us has the responsibility to recover his or her steps and do the right thing,” he urged.
He called on the members of APC to unite and engage more so that they could achieve great things for the country.
The minister also underscored the need for the party to galvanise people towards a common understanding and shared vision for what the country should be, adding that this can be achieved through the party machinery across all levels.
He further explained that the country has a lot of potential that could put it on the the global map of advanced nations, urging citizens to translate the potential into reality.
Meanwhile, Rijau, on behalf of the National Working Committee of the APC, and Zonal Executives, congratulated the minister on his well-deserved appointment.
Rijau explained that when Idris came into the party, he brought positive changes that culminated to the overwhelming victory of APC at state and national endeavours and elections.
On hiss part, the Coordinating Chairman of North-Central Chairmen, Mr Sunday Fagbemi, said the zone has always been the chicken that lay the golden eggs.
“But we don’t have the commiserate benefit and we always identify the issue which is leadership. The zone has worked assiduously for the party.
“It is time for the farmer to reap what he sowed. More are coming. The North-Central Zone wants to move to where we are suppose to be.
“We believe in you, Honourable Minister, we trust in you. Our leaders believe in you,” Fagbemi stressed.
Similarly, the APC Women Leader of North-Central Zone, Princess Zahrah Audu, said that women in the southern region of the country were adequately represented in governance than their counterparts in the North-Central.
“It would be good if our women are given the opportunity; even of it is the positions of technical assistants and special advisers, it would go a long way to make our women to adequately contribute to governance,” she said.
