APC Needs A Solid Foundation; Says El-Rufai

The Deputy National Secretary of All Progressives Congress, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on Saturday advised all aspirants on the party's platform not to embark on campaign yet but to turn their energy into building a solid foundation for the APC ahead of the 2015 general elections.

“I want to advise that all our aspirants campaigning now and indeed all members, that they should go to their villages and wards to build the party. We should avoid the mistake made by CPC during the last election. We cannot afford to become a party of contestants without foundation,” El-Rufai advised.

Speaking in Minna at the commissioning of the Niger State Secretariat of the party, the former FCT Minister said the party could not afford to make the mistake made by the defunct Congress for Progressive Change during the last election.

He said with a strong foundation in all the 774 local government areas of the country, candidates of the party in subsequent elections will have a good platform.

El-Rufai said Nigeria could not afford another four years of misrule of the Peoples Democratic Party, hence he urged APC members to join hands together and work in unity to deliver the country from the incompetence of the ruling party.