No Plot by APC to Foist One-Party State on Nigeria, Says Oyegun

The All Progressives Congress APC has distanced itself from any plot to foist a one-party state on the country despite allegations by opposition parties.

Against the background of concerns raised by the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the ruling party said while it was trying to get people to key into the vision of the President Muhammadu Buhariadministration, it had no agenda towards having a one-party state. The National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun stated this, Friday in Abuja at the Party’s two-day External Communications Workshop for State Publicity Secretaries.

Oyegun said: "Now that we are no longer in the opposition but have formed the government at the federal level and in 24 states, and we are still going for more, there is more work to be done. We are not trying to create a one-party state, but we need to sell our programmes and vision to our people even with greater vigour," he said.

Oyegun defended the efforts to win over the support of more Nigerians and their membership of the party, saying that such effort was intended to get them buy into government's policies and programmes.

"We need to convince them to support the policies and programmes of the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari. We need to properly articulate the achievements of our respective state governments and sell the programmes of our Party to the people", he said.