The South-West zone of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is time to prepare the states for the 2027 general elections.

The APC national vice chairman (South-West), Isaac Kekemeke, made this known at the media conference in Lagos on Friday.

Mr Kekemeke said the zonal chapter would hold a meeting on October 5 in Lagos to map out a strategy for 2027 and prepare the zone for the election.

According to him, appointed and elected officials face government and deliver on services in their mandate areas after every election.

“But for the party, the next thing is the next election. So, we want to look at how we stand in the next election,” Mr Kekemeke said.

On the current socio-economic challenges, the APC chieftain said President Bola Tinubu’s administration would compensate Nigerians for the pains that they were going through.

“The truth of the matter is that, yes, there is temporary pain and temporary hardship in our country, and all of us feel it. However, the more important thing is to look at the future and begin to look at decisions taken to ensure that Nigeria did not enter into the cleave.

“Nigeria was on the verge of collapse as a nation, and what our government has done by the decisions, courageous and bold decisions that have been taken, is to ensure that that did not happen.

“It’s a matter of time and we are hoping that as soon as Nigerians will be compensated for this pain and that they will be rewarded for the pain that they had to go through,” Mr Kekemeke said.

He said Nigerians should be thankful as Mr Tinubu had shown courage as a leader in taking decisions that were avoided in the last 40 years.

Mr Kekemeke said some developed countries had experienced what Nigeria was presently experiencing.

In his remark, the Lagos State APC chairman, Cornelius Ojelabi, noted that the ‘crucial meeting’ would be an opportunity “to have interaction with officials of government from this zone”.

Mr Ojelabi added that after the meeting, the party would begin to look at ways of supporting Mr Tinubu in his Renewed Hope agenda in the 2027 general elections.

Party chairs from Ondo, Oyo, Ogun, Ekiti, and Osun were also at the media conference. 

(NAN)