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| Hon. Bukar Adamu, Damaturu/ALGON Chair, Yobe State |
My intention here is not to cast aspersion on any politicians in our great party, the All Progressive Congress(APC), nonetheless, my focus is to set the records straight by educating millions of Nigerians and our teaming supporters on the parallel political manoeuvring of some governors who are bent to seize the party machinery and manipulate the process for their selfish ambitions.
Alhamidillahi, they have failed woefully!
There is no doubt that our party is facing an existential crisis in the buildup to the 2023 general elections. These crises is not isolated to our dear APC alone nor Nigeria as a country, It is an international phenomenal with a classical example of the election of Donald Trump in the US.
It is instructive for our leaders to know that Crisis in many ways is endemic to parties as they battle over losing elections, retaining members and finding suitable leaders.
Indeed, it is easy to mistake the everyday waxing and waning of parties fortunes for a more profound crisis. Crisis takes us beyond the common explanations of social factors to illuminate how political parties actively shape national stability as well as breakdown it down because the party system itself is unable to absorb an existential challenge to its power.
In 1796, President George Washington dropped a hard warning to political parties for allowing "cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men" to "subvert the power of the people".
Over 200 years ago, that indictment this greatest statesman seems brutally timely today with the action of the rebellious governors from our great party whom even after the smooth transmission of power by our Acting Party Chairman, Gov. Mai Mala Buni before his medical trip abroad decided to unjustifiably hijack the party machinery of the APC and started ridiculing the party in the face of all patriotic Nigerians.
It’s an unarguable fact that the Gov. Buni led Caretaker Committee of our great party has made giants strides which are unprecedented in the history of not just our great party but to the democracy especially taking into account when and how he took over the helms of affairs of the party from his predecessor Comrade Adams Oshomole. Needless to emphasized here how the APC was sinking in turbulent waters until Gov. Buni’s swift operation which has stabilized the party.
Within a very short time in the saddle, the APC under Governor Buni became an attractive bride that has brought in three serving Governors from the opposition PDP including former governors, two ex-speakers of House of Representatives, serving and former members of the National Assembly as well as many other influential politicians across the country.
That facts are sacred speak volumes of the achievements that this consummate politician has done for the APC.
Apart from the stability that the APC needed as much as the oxygen that we breath which Gov. Buni was able to provide for the party, below is an in-exhaustive list of array of politicians that Gov. Mai Mala Buni brought into the APC within a very short time he assumed the position as the Acting National Chairman of the Party.
1. Gov Matawalle of Zamfara State
2.Gov Prof Ben Ayade of Cross River State
3. Gov David Umahi of Ebonyi State.
4. H.E Gbenga Daniel former Governor of Ogun State and Director General Goodluck Jonathan election 2015.
5. H.E Nyako , former Governor of Adamawa state
6. H.E Bala Nglari, fomer dputy governor of Adamawa state.
7. Anambra Deputy Gov into APC
8. Sen. Emanuel Bwacha into APC.
9. Sen. Hassan Dambu into APC.
10. Sen. Stella Odua into APC.
11. Sen. Elisha Abbo into APC.
12. Sen. Abdulazeez Nyako into APC.
13. Sen. Iyiola Omisore into APC
14. Sen. Barnabas Gemade into APC.
15. Sen. Isa Hamma Misau into APC.
16. Former speaker, Dogara into APC.
17. Former speaker, Dimeji Bankole into APC.
18. Former Army chief, Azubuike Ihejirika into APC.
19. Hon. Fani Kayode into APC.
20. Prince Olusegun Adeleye into APC.
21. Engr Adeola Sosanwo into APC.
22. Chief Jimoh Ibrahim into APC.
23. Former Head of Service of the Federation, Mr Danladi Kifasi into APC.
24. Alhaji Salisu Takai into APC.
25. Hon. Orubebe into APC.The list is endless.
Like the legal icons will argue, ‘you cannot put something on nothing and expect it to stand’. Our leader President Mohammadu Buhari has spoken. Gov. Buni as an unrepentant democrat is stronger than ever and solidly committed to the success of the APC both at the forth coming National Convention and the General Elections come 2023.
Written by Hon. Bukar Adamu, Executive Chairman, Damaturu Local Government Area, Chairman ALGON, Yobe State.
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