Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (left) at a joint press conference with Stephen Ntim
Executives of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday paid a visit to the Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Ayesu Ntim, at the party’s headquarters in Accra.
The delegation, led by the National Chairman of APC, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who addressed journalists at a joint press conference after a closed door meeting, said the visit was important for the two parties to consolidate the friendship that have existed between the two for years.
“We need to foster the unity and friendship we have as parties that have a common history of championing press freedom, and democratic justice for several decades. We have found it very important to institutionalise the relationship between the two parties with a history right from the time of political independence,” he stated.
He also thanked the NPP National Chairman for his visit to Nigeria, for them to reciprocate with a visit to Ghana as well.
The APC Chairman, who eulogised certain individuals who played very important roles in the development of Nigeria’s democracy and more importantly the APC, also called on the NPP to remember forebears of Ghana’s democracy as well as people who were instrumental during the formation and development of the party.
For his part, the Chairman of the NPP, Stephen Ayesu Ntim said the two parties have already had closed door discussions which is expected to produce positive results.
“We have already had backroom discussions between the NPP and the APC, and something good is about to happen, a hand of cooperation between the two parties and history is about to repeat itself,” he stated.
By Ebenezer K. Amponsah