The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos said, the party will receive new members from the opposing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and others who have indicated interest to join the ruling party in the ongoing nationwide membership registration and re-validation. Alhaji Tunde Balogun, Lagos APC Caretaker Chairman, disclosed this at a chat with newsmen on the 1st of February 2021, in Lagos.
Balogun said the APC is more than ready to register all members of the opposition parties who had shown willingness to join them.
“we have extended an Olive branch those from the opposition. Our doors are wide open to all members of political parties who want to join us. We expect some PDP members, who are willing to join us in further developing Lagos to do so.
“Many of them have showed interest and we are prepared to register them from the PDP, AA and others. We are happy to accept them into the progressives family,” Balogun said.
The caretaker chairman urged all APC members across the length and breath of the state to troop out for the membership registration and re-validation this February.
“My advice to our members is to come out en mass as members of the APC when the registration starts fully in this new month of February.
“They must come out en mass as members of the APC to register. I appeal to them all to come out when the exercise fully kick-starts.
Balogun also noted the the; exercise had commenced with the symbolic registration of President Muhammadu Buhari at his home town in Daura, Katsina State followed by some other notable APC leaders and Governors.
He said that more information would be made available on the exercise before the end of first week in the new month of Feburary.
According to him, what is going on now is the movement of inaugurated registration committee from Abuja to different states for the exercise.
When asked about the expected number of members the party intended to register, Balogun said the exercise should be allowed to start first.
It would be recall that the exercise commenced on Jan. 25 with a series of activities, including inauguration of membership registration and revalidation committee at APC Secretariat in Abuja.
