APC: 40 million members, making it Africa's largest political party in Africa

Mallam Mai Màla Buni, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor of Yobe State, has said that the party remains Africa's largest political party, with over 40 million members, following the just ended nationwide membership registration.

On Tuesday, Buni made this claim while receiving a delegation from the Democratic Republic of North Korea, led by Ambassador Jon Tong Chol, at the party's national secretariat in Abuja.

"I express the heartfelt apologies of the National Chairman who is unavoidably missing owing to pressing State engagement," Buni stated, represented by National Secretary James Akpanudoudehe.

"He asked me to stand in for him and extend his Goodwill and that of the entire members of the APC to you, Government of the DPRK and of course, Workers Party of Korea. 

"The APC is the ruling party in Nigeria and is the largest political party in Africa going by figures of its just-concluded membership registration. We stand at over 40, million registered members.

"The bilateral relationship between Nigeria and DPRK goes as far back as 1976, and in recent times, our two countries have collaborated in the area of education and technological development. 

"Our two political parties and our countries can do a lot more together than would mutually benefit our people, political parties, and indeed our entire country Nigeria. 

"We, therefore, look forward to more robust engagement between our countries and even on political parties basis."

In his earlier remarks, the North Korean government has said that the growing vitality of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria will serve as the foundation for bilateral relations between the two countries.