Tinubu Tasks Wike, Govs to Secure Abuja Land for New APC National Secretariat, Video Trends
- President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, July 24, stirred a fresh controversy as he announced plans to construct a new national secretariat for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja
- In a trending video, Tinubu directed FCT minister Nyesom Wike and APC governors to identify a suitable land in Abuja for the construction of the APC secretariat
- Wike's attendance at the gathering, a chieftain of the PDP, sparked a wave of reactions on the social media platform X
Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday, July 24, revealed plans to build a new national secretariat for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja.
Source: Facebook
Tinubu orders Wike, APC govs to form committee
“We’ll look for an appropriate land to build a befitting secretariat,” Tinubu declared at the 14th APC National Executive Committee meeting held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja.
But in a trending video, President Tinubu directed the APC National Working Committee, APC governors, and the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to collaborate in forming a committee tasked with identifying suitable land and constructing the befitting new APC National Headquarters in Abuja.
However, Tinubu did not name any amount dedicated to the undertaking.
Source: Twitter
Reactions as Tinubu orders Wike, APC govs
Interestingly, Tinubu's directive has sparked reactions. Legit.ng compiled a few reactions from the comment section on X below;
@a_lmumin tweeted:
"What is wike doing in APC gathering?"
@chijiokeNwankwo tweeted:
"Secretariat at a time APC is about to be voted out?"
@sadiq_wush tweeted:
"With task payers money Abi."
@ChrisCh09847005 tweeted:
"BOLA must do jail. He's a criminal our money for APC while Nigerians are hungry."
@OmotayoSolomo10
"Wike will get it done within one year."
@DbPragmatic
"APC Secretariat is expected to be a masterpiece.
"Joy is coming for APC."
@ValMary89666872 tweeted:
"They should not waste those resources. APC is about to be destroyed."
@oluwaseundsp tweeted:
"And some people want to snatch power from this guy’s hands? I laugh in Hebrew. Every coalition or collation should better wait till 2031."
Where is APC national secretariat located?
As reported by The Punch, the Muhammadu Buhari House is the current APC national secretariat located at 40 Blantyre Street, Wuse II, Abuja.
The party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee named the building after Buhari in June 2021, after the party completed a payment of N2.5bn for the property and subsequently moved its operations there later that year.
Although the party held its last NEC meeting at Buhari House, it moved Thursday’s emergency meeting to the Presidential Villa.
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Why APC suspended national convention
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that President Bola Tinubu said that the ruling APC suspended its national convention to accommodate more defectors from the opposition party.
The president, while speaking at the APC NEC meeting in Abuja on Thursday, July 24, explained that the convention would be held in December 2025.
President Tinubu also mocked the leading opposition PDP, while throwing shades at the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar-led coalition.
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