Attai Audu Jos
North Central States Publicity Secretaries of APC have called for better information and communication management of the ruling party ahead of the 2023 electioneering campaigns .
In a communique signed by the Zonal Publicity Secretary Bar Oboh John with state publicity Secretaries and made available to Oracle Reporterst, stressed that given the daunting challenges facing the Party, Publicity Secretaries of states within the North Central geopolitical zone have met under the leadership of the North Central Zonal Publicity Secretary to among other things, reappraised and evaluate the current trends in the body polity, fashion out a media action plan for the Party at the zone and to constitute the North Central Media Campaign Advisory Council.”
They felicitated with His Excellency Sen. ( Dr) Abdullahi Adamu (Turakin Keffi) a worthy son of the North Central Zone over his emergence as the National Chairman of their great Party and equally Commended the National Chairman and his team for repositioning the party and the successes so far recorded.
According to them, after a cursory evaluation of issues in the front burner, they have resolved withouty equivocation to Continue to propagate the ideals of the party as brand managers with ironclad determination to ensuring victory at the 2023 polls at all levels.
Other resolutions reached are that they have observed the seeming disconnect between the party and the Flagbearers at all levels which potends a great danger for the party and wish to advise that all pre- primary elections structures of the Flagbearers at all levels, should forthwith, be dissolved and collapsed into the party to avoid working at cross purposes and for effective electioneering campaign management.
They also disclosed that they have observed with dismay, the uncoordinated approach to repelling media onslaught against the party and its presidential candidate and his vice and therefore wish to advise the National Publicity Secretary to sit up and work in synergy with his zonal and state counterparts in complimenting the efforts of the presidential media campaign team.
Other resolutions reached wad that for good management of the party image, “we strongly recommend for the creation of Media Directorates at the Zonal and state levels, which shall work in harmony with the presidential media team so as to ensure uniformity in the stream of our media campaigns”
They also observed with concern, the low funding of the media offices of the party at all levels and wish to appeal to the National Chairman, a seasoned politician since the 2nd Republic who knows the significance of the media to as a matter of neccesity, ensure its funding for optimum results and direct same to the states.
According to them, the North Central geopolitical zone, no doubt, remains the political hotbed for all political parties as it is the only region without any Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate and recommended strongly for a special attention and funding with despatch given its rainbow divergence and religious volatility.
They thanked the leader of the party, President Muhammodu Buhari GCFR and President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the tremendous achievements in Infrastructure, Agriculture, Social Investment safety nets and others in spite of the global economic and security challenges and more especially for finding hope in Democracy and restoring its tenets in our great party.
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