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It is time for introspection by the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the activities of those elected on its platform at the Federal and subnational levels.
The performance of the Tinubu Administration, including that of governors after two years, will come under the searchlight at a summit billed for the Banquet Hall at the Presidential Villa in Abuja today, reports The Nation.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will rally the party behind his Renewed Hope Agenda (RHA) and the bold reforms of his administration in a speech that will define the summit, which is the first of its kind in the 11-year history of the APC.
Performance in key areas such as Health and Social Welfare, Works and Infrastructure, Finance and Economy and Internal Security will be critically examined.
The summit will match the promises with deliverables so far.
It will also “serve as a mid-term assessment of the administration’s policies and programmes”.
“The intention is to see to what extent we have met our electioneering promises to Nigerians and look into the areas of improvement in the next two years before the curtains drop on the first term,” a top party official said last night.
The APC is putting together arrangements which has over 2,500 participants, including members of the Federal Executive Council, governors, ministers, special advisers, National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu, former governors and lawmakers and party leaders led by National Chairman Alhaji Umar Ganduje.
Heads of government agencies will also participate.
A source said former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, a professor of law, is expected to play an active role at the event.
Some of those to speak at the summit are Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker Abbas Tajudeen, Nigeria Governors Forum chairman AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq, Progressives Governors Forum chair Hope Uzodimma, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Senator George Akume and Ganduje.
Ministers Mohammed Idris (Information) will give an overview, while Muhammad Ali Pate (Health), Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (Interior), Dave Umahi (Works) and Olawale Edun (Finance) will lay bare the activities of their ministries for review.
Ribadu will give an insight into the battle against insurgency and banditry, and Ms. Hadiza Bala-Usman will deliver a paper on policy formulation.
It was learnt that a panel of discussants who will dissect the ministers’ presentations will include Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule; Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele; House of Representatives Leader Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, and Senator Binta Masi Garba.
APC publicity secretary Felix Morka said last night that the meeting is the first of such in the party’s history.
