19th November, 2021
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have praised Yobe State Governor and Chairman Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the APC, Mai Mala Buni as he clocks 54.
In a joint statement titled APC Leaders, Directors Greet Governor Buni At 54,’ leaders of the party alongside members of the caretaker committee and the departmental directors called the Yobe governor a team player and an astute administrator.
In the statement they noted that Buni’s tenure has brought stability, unity and progress to the APC.
While listing his achievements as chairman, they wrote “Under the leadership of Governor Mai Mala Buni, the APC Caretaker Committee has created a member-centered party structure that guarantees the full participation of all members.”
It has also “successfully conducted Ward, Local Government Area and States Congresses, preparing the party for a rancour-free elective National Convention; won into the APC fold three serving state governors and scores of parliamentarians from other political parties.
“Successfully reviewed the APC constitution; scrutinised and paid inherited debts for services to the party; ending and resolution of court cases instituted by many aggrieved members against the party by reaching out to aggrieved members; entrenched strong internal democracy in the party as demonstrated in candidate nomination processes and congresses, which has turned the APC into the most democratic political party in the country; purchase of the building housing the APC National Secretariat and subsequent naming as Buhari House.
APC’s National Secretary, Senator John Akpanudoedehe in a separate statement described Buni as a stabilising voice and peacemaker.