An All Progressives Congress
(APC) bigwig in the South-south, Chief Edet Okon Etim, has advised President
Muhammadu Buhari to take action on his wife, Aisha’s outburst that some party
members who worked hard for his victory were being ignored.
He warned that the compensation
of such persons should not be overlooked, especially now that general election
was a just a year away.
Etim stated this while reacting
to appointment of dead persons into boards and parastatals.
The APC chieftain said the
development was an embarrassment to the government of Nigeria and ridicules the
country in the eyes of international community.
“This is not a party issue. Young
energetic people are there for such appointments but dubious people in charge
of government affairs exhibited their infantile disposition to such sensitive
issues”, he told Sun.
“For our chairman, Chief John
Oyegun to deny knowledge of the appointments shows that the party leadership
and the federal appointees are in disarray. But that shouldn’t be the case.
”The APC national leadership
and the government of the day should sit and plug all loopholes and remember to
bring on stream faithful party members for appointments.
“We appreciate the sincerity of
our first lady in this direction by speaking out the truth that those that
suffered for APC to make its victory possible should be compensated by the
president through appointments.
”The federal government should
stop bringing in bunch of deceivers into sensitive positions. It should be
noted that the current political appointments meant for Akwa-Ibom are not given
to the original members of APC but to those who initially were opposed us but
later purport to decamp to APC with the intention to destabilise the party.
”I want to however call on all
pro-democracy groups and activists like Mr. Femi Falana, to rise up to the
occasion and keep watch over government activities, so as to act as a check on
its activities.
”I also believe that even with
this seeming embarrassment, the APC-led federal government will bounce back to
public reckoning and work to return to the seat of power in next year’s general
election.”
Etim said although Buhari still
commands followership, he must boost the morale of the masses before next
year’s polls.
”President Buhari, to be very
honest with you, has good intentions for the people. I plead for him to be
given some months more, he will do something. Thank God he is strong now to
handle the affairs of government.
“I want him to replace some
members within the presidency and fight Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen. If he
does this and lots more, the people’s morale will be boosted.
”For the political appointees,
I do not expect something very tangible from them because some of them are
failures in their previous endeavours and appointments.
“Those in federal cabinet who
have not performed should be flushed out for fresh minds with nationalistic
instinct to be put into these positions for optimum result,” he said.
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