The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Sunday said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was “very pleased” with the outcomes of the bye-elections held across the country on Saturday.
He said since results from the elections showed that the All Progressives Congress remained the chosen party of Nigerians, Buhari urged the party to uphold the spirit of hard work that led to the victories recorded.
Shehu said this in a press statement titled, ‘Presidency welcomes bye-election results, says we won’t fail the nation.’
The statement reads partly, ‘Results coming from the states of the long list of bye-elections show definitely that our party, the All Progressives Congress, remains the chosen party of Nigerians.
“We do not take this confidence of the people for granted and we will not fail them.
“Nigerians who appreciate the efforts of the administration in making life better for all citizens, especially under an economy facing the severest test from the global coronavirus pandemic will not be disappointed.
“We thank them immensely for their trust in the party and government.”
Similarly, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Sunday congratulated the ruling APC for its victory in the bye-elections.
The Speaker specifically congratulated the APC in Lagos State and its victorious candidates for the Lagos-East Senatorial District and that of Kosofe State Constituency II, Tokunbo Abiru and Obafemi Saheed, respectively.
In a statement on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the Speaker on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi, the Speaker noted that APC remains the party to beat across the country, boasting that it will remain so.
In a related development, the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Wase, in a statement felicitated with candidate of the APC, Prof Nora Daduu’t, on her victory in the Plateau-South Senatorial District bye-election.
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