Former Minister Babatunde Fashola raised concerns about the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s declining voter numbers and questioned the party’s reward system, membership engagement, and the resonance of its policies with its traditional base during a stakeholders forum
Former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has questioned the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s reward system and expressed concern over a significant drop in the number of votes accrued by the party.
Speaking yesterday at the APC Stakeholders Forum in Lagos, where President Bola Tinubu was endorsed for a second term, Fashola challenged the party to honestly assess its current standing. He wondered if APC’s policies still resonate with its traditional supporters and stressed the need for a well-documented register for members to stimulate turnout.
“Our closest opposition back then used to have about one third of the total votes that we got. That was what it used to look like,” Fashola stated. He asked: “And so what has happened? Why have the votes dropped? And I think that is the heart of the matter.”
The former Lagos Governor also questioned the involvement of the children of APC leaders in party affairs, urging the party to make it important to the younger generation. He called for renewed hope to be turned into “renewed enthusiasm for our party and for our programs.”