The leadership of the All Progressives Congress has
made a statement to the President Elect,
Muhammadu Buhari , saying you will not
appoint your ministers unilaterally.
The party said it will ratify the list of persons
to be appointed into the Federal Executive Council before presentation to the
National Assembly.
It was learnt in Abuja on Wednesday that party
leaders were seeking to restore the party supremacy which some alleged was lost
during the 16 years that the Peoples Democratic Party held sway.
A prominent northern leader of the party, who
pleaded for anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said the APC was
working to avoid the pitfalls which led to the collapse of the PDP.
He said, “We are looking at a situation where the
party will direct the affairs of government in line with our manifesto. Recall
that this was largely the case during the second republic.
“But since 1999, what we have seen is the rise of
individuals whose personal interests took precedence over the general interest
of the party and the people.
“The APC cannot afford to let this happen because
we have a social contract with the Nigerian people who voted for the party
based on the promise to bring about change in the polity.”
According to him, under the APC administration,
there is no way the President’s wife would have the latitude to meddle in the
party affairs to the extent of dictating who got appointed and who did not.
He said, “This time around, the party will make
an input into how its elected public office holders conduct the business of
delivering on promises made, because we, as a party, will share in their success
and will also share in the blame, should they fail.”
In an interview, a leading member of the party
and former governor of old Abia State, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, said as a party, the
APC would be guided by the constitution.
While responding to a question as to how members
of the cabinet would emerge, Onu said the APC was a party which was determined
to do things differently to ensure that Nigerians get value from government.
He said, “In forming government, you have to make
consultations with the party. We are a party of change, we are a party that is
looking forward to building a Nigeria that many of the problems we have today
will be solved, and we can’t do things the way they were done before; knowing
that the way they were done before didn’t give the results that were desired.”
Adapted from Punch
You won’t appoint your ministers , APC tells Buhari it will ratify his ministerial list
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