The Arewa Consultative Forum
(ACF) has disagreed with former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s allegation of
imbalance in the nation’s governance structure.
It also said that with the
emergence of members of the APC as principal officers of the National Assembly,
the ruling party should be in absolute control of its affairs to deliver on its
promises to Nigerians.
Recall that Obasanjo had asserted
that there is imbalance in the governance structure of the country, saying
President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is driving the country towards
“disaster and instability”.
However, in a reaction yesterday
in Kaduna, the Secretary General of ACF, Mr. Anthony Sani, said: “As regards
the complaint by the former President Obasanjo, I wish to observe that all the
posts in the nation’s governance structure except that of acting Chief Justice
of Nigeria are elected positions which cannot be tampered with by the
president, considering democracy is majority rule.
“Is the former president
expecting President Buhari to ignore the choices of the electorate? Or is he
expecting the president to jettison the place of seniority in the judiciary in
favour of political consideration? That would be unhelpful.
“In multi-party democracy, there
is the imperative for motivation through reward for hard work, albeit there are
times when Danegeld theory of rewards for bad behaviour also comes into play.
But this is very rare.”
Sani further said it was to
address such challenges that the constitution compelled the president to
appoint at least a minister from each of the 36 states of the federation.
“This takes care of inclusion and
promotion of sense of belonging among constituents that can be helped through
affirmative actions applied for the disadvantaged whose circumstances of birth
are not of their choice,“ he said.
On the emergence Lawan and
Gbajabiamilaas Senate President and Speaker of House of Representatives, Sani
said their respective victories have shown that APC is now in charge of its
affairs.
He added that some level of party
supremacy has prevailed.
He said, “the PDP has recognised
its place in the order of things in the current dispensation as a minority
party, which is not expected to preside over the majority.
“This is good development in
multi-party democracy. The electoral mandate has been given to the APC which
would be accountable to the electorate while the opposition party should
content itself with providing a viable opposition as alternative platform for
Nigerians, since democracy without viable opposition is a sham.
“Now that the majority has had
its way, Nigerians do not expect duplicity and perfidy, which characterised the
immediate past dispensation.
“What we expect is for the
leadership of both the executive and legislative arms of government to come
together and unleash their synergy against collective challenges for the good
of all,” he added.
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