By Dele Moses, Ilorin
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, on Wednesday revalidated his membership of the All Progressives Party (APC) to flag off membership registration and revalidation exercise of the party in the state.
Abdulrazaq did the membership revalidation at his Idi Igba ward in the Ilorin West local government area of the state where he advocated reconcilation of differences among members of the party in the state and registration of new members to make the party bigger and greater.
His membership revalidarion was witnessed by the seven-man committee appointed by the national leadership of the party to conduct the exercise in the state.
He said the exercise would offer the party the opportunity to increase its membership to include hitherto non-members who have been impressed with the performance of the party accross the country.
The governor lauded the party leadership for coming up with the programme and praised President Muhammadu Buhari for endorsing it.
He enjoined members of the party in the state who are split over leadership crisis to put aside their differences and participate in the exercise
He stated: ‘There is no political party without opposing views or differences. It’s part of democracy. The important thing is to bury those views in the interest of our party and participate vigorously to extend the membership base of the party. It will be useful for us in the party’s national convention and we should, therefore, make it a success.
“The membership committee is an independent one. It has the latitude to include anyone in the executive and we wish members best stay in Kwara.
“It is a process of re-energising the party. Governors have been mandated to Kickstart the revalidation/registration exercise in their respective states while the main exercise starts on Tuesday next week.
“It is to increase the base of the party. We are going out to ensure that every member is registered. We should not say because somebody has divergent view, he should not register. Everybody must be allowed to register.
“Leaders of other political parties are trying to come in. Governors are trying to come in. Members of national and state houses of assembly are trying to come in. We’re opening our doors and windows for everybody to come into our party so as to make the country progress.”
Also, while speaking during a courtesy call to the governor, leader of the seven man registration and revalidation committee, Senator John Danboi, said there was need to register growing number of new members of the party and revalidate old members.
Danboi said the exercise was open to every member and intending member of the party and disclosed that invitation had been sent across every sphere of the party in the state.
