Rivers APC chief praises reforms in interior ministry, revalidates membership

Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Darlington Nwauju, has praised the transformation in the Interior Ministry under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Nwauju spoke at the weekend after participating in the ongoing e-registration exercise of the APC at Obiohia Ward 3 Polling Unit 17 in Omuma LGA, Rivers State.

He urged party members across Omuma LGA and beyond to take advantage of the one-week extension and participate in the e-membership registration exercise.

 Nwauju said he decided to revalidate his membership to re-echo his much-publicised support for the policy of verifiable transformation recorded since August 21, 2023, when Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo took over the Interior Ministry under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

He said, “Without ambiguity, Nigerians across different strata can agree with me that all four paramilitary agencies under the Interior Ministry have witnessed textbook reforms.

“These reforms are improved border management, checking smuggling/trafficking activities via the use of advanced technological platforms, prioritizing staff welfare/wellbeing with the promotion of over 75,202 officers across all four paramilitary agencies, increment in feeding allowance for inmates at correctional centres nationwide, clearing a backlog of 204,332 passports, standardization of our international passports, introducing centralized data capturing at the NIS, introduction of contactless e-gates to cut down travel time and improve security checks, modernization of fire stations among others.”

Nwauju, who is a founding member of the APC, served as a member of the Interim Committee 2014, LGA party agent for the 2019 Presidential elections, LGA Caretaker Chairman of APC 2020/21, before his election into the State Executive Committee of APC during the October 16, 2021, nationwide congresses.

He further appealed to the leadership of the APC in Nigeria not to underestimate the potency of pending litigations involving the party in Rivers state to avoid the 2019 experience”.