A former Head of State, who is also the
National Leader of the Congress for Progressive Change, Maj.Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said the merger of opposition political
parties is giving government sleepless nights.
Buhari, who spoke at the last meeting of
the Board of Trustees of his party in Abuja on Wednesday, however,
added that there was no going back on the proposed merger.
Apart from the CPC, other political
parties involved in the merger are the Action Congress of Nigeria and
All Nigeria Peoples Party.
A faction of All Progressive Grand Alliance is also embracing the merger.
At the CPC’s meeting, which was held at
the national secretariat of the party in Abuja, Buhari reminded the BoT
members about the need to remain resolute in their desire to rescue the
nation.
He said, “If you could recall, it was
six months ago almost to the day we had the last Board of Trustees
meeting, following which we launched our project for repositioning our
party and pursuing the issue of merger.
“Eventually, the merger process took a
life of its own: it caught the nation’s imagination and attention, and
had proved unstoppable; and it, no doubt, must have given government
sleepless nights.”
He recalled that at the meeting he had
with leaders of the party on November 7, 2012, he had requested for and
the leaders approved the formation of a CPC Merger Committee to
negotiate all issues pertaining to the merger.
Buhari said he was happy that the
committee had concluded its assignment and urged members present at the
meeting to study the provisions of the new APC constitution and
determine whether it had adequate checks and balances in places.
The former presidential candidate said the BoT members should make their observations known.
Our correspondent also gathered that
Buhari and the BoT members also discussed how to share national offices
in the yet-to-be-registered APC.
Buhari said, “But even more importantly,
you should take time to carefully read options proposed for the
transitional management structure of the new party and choose which
option will best lead to satisfy the yearnings of our teeming
supporters. This should be done now.”
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