Work As A Magician, APGA Chair Tells Tinubu

• The newly elected National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Barr Sylvester Ezeokenwa, has challenged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to perform magic, claiming that the country is “dying”
• Ezeokenwa has unveiled the DRIVE project, centring on the party’s discipline, repositioning, inclusiveness, visibility, and expansion

Barr Sylvester Ezeokenwa, the newly elected National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has challenged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to perform magic, claiming that the country is “dying.”

Ezeokenwa (38), who was elected in June, declared during an interactive session with newsmen in Lagos that the new executive would build APGA “as a progressive party for Nigerians fuelled by the younger generation.”

Ezeokenwa, a former party legal adviser, unveiled the DRIVE project, centring on the party’s discipline, repositioning, inclusiveness, visibility, and expansion.

He declared that, as a youth himself, he was ready to change the perception of APGA as an Igbo and Anambra party without youth representation and that the younger generation would drive the party’s reform agenda.

He emphasized the importance of establishing party supremacy per the party’s constitution, advising political parties to include a code of conduct in their constitutions to instil discipline in party members.

Speaking on the nation’s state, the APGA chairman stated that the people expected Tinubu to be a magician and act like one because he recognized the enormity of the challenges confronting the country before deciding to run.

He also urged Nigerians to support the president in fulfilling his mandate to the people, saying, “We will not fail to call him out if he fails.”

Petrol Subsidy Removal Already Yielding Positive Results

President Bola Tinubu has stated that Nigerians are beginning to reap the benefits of removing petrol subsidies, urging them to be patient and supportive because a bright future awaits them despite their current hardships.

President Tinubu, who the Secretary represented the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, announced this at the Gala/Award Night to commemorate the 2023 Civil Service Week in Abuja.

According to the President, the first two policies he announced during his inauguration, namely the fuel subsidy elimination and the establishment of a new currency regime, were already yielding positive results, even as he promised palliatives to mitigate the impact of the associated sufferings.