The All Progressives Congress (APC)’s victory in the general elections in Nigeria in 2023 has been cited as evidence of the Buhari administration’s effectiveness by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
This claim was made by Garba Shehu on Thursday in his Abuja office after being named the Arewa Young Lawyers’ Forum’s (AYLF) Grand Patron.
Shehu claimed that the election victories of Bola Tinubu, Kashim Shettima, and the candidates for governorship had made the APC a “dominant national party.”
He pointed out that many APC leaders’ careers would have been over had the opposition won in February and March.
According to him: “APC victory in the election is a watershed moment for the Buhari government, its orientation, its programmes and projects.
“In the hands of the opposition, many of the laudable programmes of the Buhari administration would have been sabotaged or unimplemented.”
Shehu added that Tinubu/Shettima’s victory not only ensures an orderly transfer of power but also the safety of the policies of the outgoing government.