The National chairman of the All progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has offered an insight as to why the party is putting in place a Progressives institute.
Speaking during the one day validation conference on the draft handbook of the institute, he explained that the initiative was aimed at enhancing the intellectual foundation of the party.
The Kano born politician further stated that the proposed institute is aimed at strengthening the process of decision-making through the deployment of research-driven, empirical and accountable approaches in the APC’s operations.
“We are determined to leverage on science and technology to deepen internal democracy while also promoting democracy, good governance, inclusiveness and equity in the country,” he noted.
“Our leadership is conscious of its historical responsibility to promote these ideals. The Progressive Institute will play a dual role for the APC. It will function as a Think Tank as well as an intellectual Resource Centre.
“As a Think Tank it will undertake research either on its own or under the directives of the party, focusing on policies and programmes of governments under the APC platform. This will enhance the capacity to effectively play its role. It will also undertake capacity building activities for our members.
“In both roles, the centre will carry out research on progressive ideals and their programmatic implications while also developing the curriculum for ideological training for members of the APC including those in government.
“It is important to emphasize the determination of our party to raise the quality of political discourse in the country through very well defined ideological prisms.”
