The National Secretary of the Labour Party, Barr. Olukayode Ajulo has
warned that the ongoing leadership tussle within the ranks of the All
Progressives' Congress, APC, may derail and distract the Muhammadu
Buhari-led administration from delivering on its many promises to
Nigerians.
Describing the in-fighting between certain power blocs within the APC
as borne of selfish interests, Barr. Kayode Ajulo, who is also the
Chairman of Egalitarian Mission for Africa warned that the ominous
signs being given by the leadership of the APC appears to be a
confirmation of the popularly held opinion that the APC was a party of
"strange bed-fellows" which was not built to last and would not stand
the test of time.
"The in-house squabbling within the APC is too early and too soon; it
gives validity to the position of many stakeholders in the polity that
it is nothing but an amalgamation of selfish interests who do not have
the national interests at heart.
"By virtue of President Buhari's electoral victory, Labour Party have
the opposition status automatically conferred us party, particularly
when PDP is bereft of what to do but national interests remains a more
pressing priority and for Nigeria's sake, statesmanship has to
displace opposition politics and come to the fore. It is therefore
necessary for us to address this ominous signs we perceive with the
ranks of the APC, in the interest of the entire nation," he said.
The National Secretary expressed dismay at the ill-timing of the
squabbles of the APC, wondering if they truly desired the success of
their erstwhile candidate who is now the "captain of the Nigerian
ship".
"Is this the time for such wrangling? Is this the time for power
tussles? The continued tussle leads some of us to wonder whether
indeed the APC are aware that their tussles would inevitably have dire
consequences on the President Buhari administration's ability to
deliver on its many promises.
"There must be a point of politics, and a point of policies; it
appears that the chieftains within the APC have a problem
distinguishing between the two, and they are certainly oblivious of
the fact that their prolonged power struggle at this point in Nigerian
history is unwarranted," Ajulo said.
The Legal luminary also expressed great indignation at the comment
credited to the APC spokesman, Lai Mohammed, in which he stated that
"President Buhari is not the leader of the APC".
"Can you imagine such impudence? To me, it is certainly the height of
recklessness to assert that the President is not the leader of the
party on whose platform he was elected to his position.
"Is he (Mohammed) saying that Nigerians have been taken for a ride? Is
he saying that the president has a don from which he must take orders?
Is he saying that President Buhari has a leader? If that is the case,
we demand on behalf of the 15 million Nigerians who voted him in, that
they should disclose the identity of the true president of Nigeria
immediately.
"If the president is not the leader of the party, Nigerians demand to
know who the president is obliged to take orders from," he said.
Faulting the party's inclination to embrace the "winner takes all"
position, he fingered that tendency as the underlying cause of the
party's woes.
"It is very strange and un-statesmanly that up till now, the APC is
yet to reach out to the
leadership of other political parties who participated in the
electoral process. One would have thought that in the spirit of good
sportsmanship, the party would have initiated meetings with other
stakeholders in the other parties to commence the great work of
rebuilding Nigeria.
"It is a common proverb in the South-western part of the country that
"one tree cannot constitute an entire forest". We are beginning to
think that the APC-led government is attempting the impossible and
trying to single-handedly be the forest. It won't work," he said .
The National Secretary charged President Buhari to emulate the example
of the Abraham Lincoln-led administration in the aftermath of the
American civil war.
"We call on President Buhari to emulate the example laid by that icon
of statesmanship and democratic governance- Abraham Lincoln of the
United States of America.
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