The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has accused the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu of sidelining the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party in constituting his campaign council.
Adamu said that Tinubu who is reportedly currently having a vacation in London ignored the contribution of the party’s leadership in choosing members of his campaign.
Recall that Tinubu had released a 422-man campaign list on Friday. The list consists of political bigwigs and other high-ranking members to lead the varied sub-committees of the campaign team.
The list of members issued by Secretary of the Presidential Campaign Council, James Faleke, is chaired by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, while Tinubu and APC National Chairman, Adamu, will serve as co-deputy chairmen.
However, reacting to the development, Adamu said the council membership list did not reflect the input of the three-man committee set up to harmonize it.
He said, “At the same, such a development would undoubtedly come as “Manna from Heaven” for the opposition parties, whose only desire when all else fails, is to see the introduction of rancour, division and disinclination in the leadership of our Great Party.
“I am sure Your Excellency will agree with me that this is an eventuality that we must do all in our power to prevent from happening. You will also agree that we owe it a duty as leaders to provide guidance by example to the rest of the Party including the PCC, to abide by agreements and adhere strictly to the work ethos that has been adopted by all of us. It is only by doing so that we will establish the premise for victory and gain the trust and confidence of our dear countrymen and women.
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“Without further admonishment or complaints, I wish hereby to call upon Your Excellency to restrain the PCC from undertaking solo projects of this nature and agree to work with all stakeholders towards taking our Party to victory. I shall not find it necessary to reiterate the importance of the Party in the overall scheme of things in these campaigns, and the singular position of the NWC in driving the process towards our securing of victory in the polls.
“It suffices for me to convey the general and overwhelming sentiment of the NWC with regards to the ill-timed and unfortunate release of the PCC list, which confounded rather than pleased the members and whose withdrawal will assure the NWC of Your Excellency’s respect and disposition towards the Party, as well as the magnanimous spirit of cooperation towards achieving victory together with the NWC.”
Source: Punch
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