Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Abuja said the party had started the process of change which must be sustained.
“We must deepen it and internalise it, so that at the end, we will have progress because progress is the outcome of change,” NAN quoted him as saying when he met the party’s caucus at the House of Representatives.
Others in attendance were members of the National Working Committee (NWC).
Oshiomhole, who thanked the lawmakers for keeping faith with the party, said “We must work consciously to build a political party that is glued and bonded together on the basis of set of ideas.
“We need everyone of us who is on this progressive party to internalise these core values of progressive politics.
“It is contradictory for us to have in a progressive party with some people who are far right and even fascists, being in the same party with those on the far left or communist.
“I am excited that even in moments like this, we still have men and women of honour in the House of Representatives who recognise that there are values more important than dangling automatic ticket.
“We must remain focused, and I am grateful that we still have men and women of honour who have refused to be tempted
“I have continued to say that we will not pursue a policy that will produce winners and losers. I believe that we have intervened and have a situation that will produce winners.
“We have tried to revisit our Constitution and activate all the clauses that will help us to maintain unity and harmony within the house.
“I have said that for us to have peace and unity, we must fight for justice and fairness, because peace and unity is an outcome of justice and fairness.
“If you do not address justice, we cannot preach peace because peace cannot be decreed,” he said.
The former Edo Governor assured that under his leadership, decisions would not be imposed on members.
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