Presidency Will Return To North After Tinubu’s 2nd Term — Ganduje

…Says Misconceptions Over Tax Reform Have Been Put To Rest

ABUJA – The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has said that the presidency will return to the North after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has completed his second term.

Speaking when Northern Youth Forum visited the party’s national secretariat on Tuesday, Ganduje said, “When a leader from the Northern part of this country was in office for eight years, we advocated that the next president in our party should come from the South.

“And luckily enough, we worked very hard with the cooperation of Nigerians. Our president has come from the South and is going, inshallah, for second term, 2027. And then after that, it will be turned to the Northern part of this country.”

Ganduje also said that the misconceptions against the tax reform introduced by Pres­ident Tinubu have been put to rest.

The former governor of Kano State said: “This tax re­form, initially it was misun­derstood, but in the course of time there was a lot of public engagement.

“I think people have come to understand the whole purpose of the tax reform. And we are happy that members of the Na­tional Assembly too, they are now fully conversant with the policy and they are ready to do the needful.”

Commending the North­ern Youth Forum, Ganduje described the Forum as active and focused youth forum, be­cause, “I’m highly impressed with the data that you present­ed to me.

“This shows that you are not beating about the bush. You know precisely where you are going, you have articulat­ed your agenda, you fished for useful election data. I’m highly impressed with that.

“So APC is ready to provide you with all the assistance that you need. I have even seen that you are assisting the govern­ment in public enlightenment for people to understand the tax reform agenda.”

While receiving members of the Tinubu Young Gener­ation Forum at the party’s national secretariat, Ganduje acknowledged the challenges facing Nigeria, attributing them to long-standing issues that require bold corrective measures.

He said: “There is no doubt that many things went wrong over a long period of time, and it requires surgery before we can get it right.”

The Kano State former gov­ernor expressed confidence in President Tinubu’s policies, adding that the country is al­ready seeing positive results, particularly in the economy.

“We are happy that we have started seeing the outcome of the reforms, especially on the economic front, and we believe this will continue to yield pos­itive results so that the legacy and the Renewed Hope Agenda will be achieved,” he added.

Ganduje also outlined the APC’s commitment to strengthening its structures be­yond election periods, insisting that governance should not be business as usual.

“We want to be active throughout the year, not just during elections. Even today, we have a meeting with the chairmen of our state branch­es to assure them that we will be attending their programmes at the state level,” he stated.

He announced the establish­ment of a Progressive Institute to educate party members on its constitution, manifesto, and governance policies.

“The institution will also provide inputs for govern­ment policies to drive national development. You can see that, as we said, business is not as usual. We are making our par­ty an institution that registers members, recruits people for elected and appointed offices, and supports the government in achieving its manifesto,” he explained.