National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Ganduje has called on the Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as well as other political parties in the state to join the APC to make the state a one party state.
Ganduje addressed newsmen after emerging from a meeting with the stalwarts of the party in the state, Thursday evening.
Assuring them of a level playing ground, Ganduje explained that Kano is the most populated state in the country and can use that advantage to have a good control of the country politically by having a unified focus as a one party state.
“The APC is the largest party in Africa and has resolved to open it’s arms wide to welcome new members into it.
“There are a lot of developmental projects from the Federal Government that include the gas pipeline, rail line and road from Abuja to Kaduna to Kano that the state as a commercial centre will benefit from.
“The party is expecting an inflow of people from other parties to increase the number of people that will join it.
“We appeal to those who want to join the APC, we are inviting Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and his officials to join the APC our party.
“We are calling on him with a loud voice and have created an enabling environment for the governor of Kano state and his party to come and join the APC so that we make a solid and large followership.
“We are the highest populated state in the country, let us make use of our population to our benefit and create an large followership in Nigeria.
“The votes of Kano state are very critical for anyone that wants to become a president of the country, we should utilise that potential to decide who our president will be in the future.
“We work day and night to visualise Kano as a one party state. If Kano is converted to a one party state it means we can decide for Nigeria and it’s leadership.
This will be in favour of the state and the party. Leave the NNPP, come and join the APC. All the other parties should come and join the APC and make Kano a one party state.
“We are discussing with them and from the look of things, Kano state will be a one party state, an APC state” Ganduje stated.
Also present at the meeting were the Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, former Majority Leader of the House of Representatives Ado Doguwa as well as the state’s party Chairman Abdullahi Abbas.