Former National Vice Chairman, North-West of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, Salihu Lukman, has accused President Bola Tinubu of
promoting a culture of imposition within the ruling party.
Lukman, in a statement issued Wednesday titled, ‘APC: The
Inconvenient Reality’, said it was unacceptable that Tinubu would inspire party
members to fight against the culture of imposition, only for him to initiate
actions that risk compromising him as a leader who tolerates, if not promotes
imposition within the APC.
He noted that the situation in APC after 10 years of
existence as a party and eight years as a ruling party was gradually catching
up with what he described as the low standards set by the Peoples Democratic
Party during its 16 years rule.
The former director general of Progressives Governors Forum said if care is not taken, the party would end up betraying all the goodwill of Nigerians.
He said: “Since the emergence of President Asiwaju Bola
Ahmed Tinubu as the new moral leader of the APC produces a new reality whereby
potential infractions may be created by initiatives directly coming from the
President himself. A typical example is the case of altering the APC’s zoning
formula by arbitrarily moving the position of the National Chairman from
North-Central to North-West.
“Even when for instance, the North-Central remained shut out
of consideration from any of the key positions in the leadership of the two
chambers of the National Assembly, the position of National Chairman is being
occupied by Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje from Kano State, North-West with
North-Central completely merginalised both in the party and in the APC
controlled federal government led by President Asiwaju Tinubu.
“Intriguingly, APC leaders are calm, not even leaders from
North-Central seem to be disturbed by this new reality. What has really taken
over President Asiwaju Tinubu?”
“It is also unacceptable that President Asiwaju Tinubu will
inspire us to fight against the culture of imposition, only for him to initiate
actions that risk compromising him as a leader who tolerates, if not promotes
imposition within the APC.”
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