Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has constituted a disciplinary committee to check and curtail anti-party activities among members ahead 2025 governorship election in the state.
State Chairman of the party, Chief Basil Ejidike, who inaugurated the committee during the party’s stakeholders/leaders meeting, held at Finotel Awka, on Saturday, said the committee will carry out an investigation of members on allegations of anti-party activities, and also to reach out to all aggrieved members for proper reconciliation.
Tribune Online gathered that there has been a cold war among some party bigwigs in the state, fueling the rumour that some members of the state leadership may influence appointments from the state in the President Bola Tinubu-led federal government, at the detriment of others.
Speaking further, Ejidike said: “There is a need for us to have a disciplinary committee to sanitise our party. We are also inaugurating the eminent committee, and then the finance committee.
“The essence of a political party is to win an election, and where we fail to win the election, we would be a mere social club. It is from our members who are elected into office that the party is funded. The finance committee will come together and fashion out ways to source funds to run the party.
“There is a need for unity in our party too. The use of social media in our party is now very disturbing. Everyone now has open media platforms, where people congregate to run down the leaders of our party, and that is bad. That is where the disciplinary committee also comes in.”
The chairman said his executive has visited all governorship aspirants of the party in the last 2021 governorship election, on ways to reconcile everyone, and has received positive feedback.
“Anyone who is still bearing grudges is not telling himself the truth, because we have thrashed out all the problems, and all we need is to forge ahead.
“Anambra APC is now more positioned because President Tinubu is a politician and a core party man. We are hopeful that the labours of our hands in the party will be rewarded under President Tinubu.”
He noted that the party has also resolved to write down the names of 50 members, from all the 21 local government areas of the state for submission, for consideration for Tinubu’s appointments.
He said the Tinubu presidency will give members of the party in the state the enablement to reap from their hard work, over the years.
Chief Ejidike, while addressing the committee members, urged them to discharge their duties with all sense of responsibility.
The three committees set up by the chairman had; Chibuzo Obiakor as chairman and CJ Chinwuba as secretary of the disciplinary committee, Azuka Okwuosa and Elijah Onyeagba as Chairman and secretary of the Finance committee, and Ralph Okeke and Ifeanyi Ibezi as Chairman and secretary of the eminent committee respectively.
The Chairman used the meeting on behalf of the state chapter to thank the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, for appointing one of its own, Barrister Sylvester Okonkwo as his Chief of Staff.
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