Oshiomhole: Why We Formed APC

Adams-Oshiomhole-612x300Governor of Edo State, comrade Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday, said  Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and other opposition parties came together to form All Progressives Congress, APC, to enable Nigerians have a robust alternative in the governance and development of the country.

Speaking in Benin City, Oshiomhole said: “If a democracy is not capable of bringing a change of parties that can form government at all levels that democracy is not on course.

“The good news is that in  neighbouring countries, they have shown that it is possible for a government to recognise the ultimate right of the people to determine who governs them. They have been able to have different parties at different time, forming the federal and other levels of government.”

The governor, who spoke when he received in audience members of Igbo Community Union at Government House, Benin, said: “Nigeria cannot continue to claim  leadership of the African continent if we do not get our politics right and it is also the business of those in the other parties to recognise that when we pull resources together, it is better to be a small fish in a big pond than to be a big fish in a small pond in which you cannot even swim.

“I am hopeful that all of us will continue to commit ourselves