Senator representing Niger East in the National Assembly, Sani Musa, has said he would not be blackmailed to withdraw from the race for national chairman of the All Progressives Congress.
Ahead of the election of national officers slated for March 26, speculation is rife that President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed former Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Adamu, for the position of national chairman.
Both Senator Musa and Adamu who are in the ninth National Assembly are from the North Central geo-political zones.
Others from the zone seeking the position are Senator Tanko Al Makura, Alhaji Saliu Mustapha from Nasarawa and Kwara states, respectively, amongst others.
Speaking with newsmen in Abuja at the weekend, Senator Musa said he would only surrender to the endorsement of Senator Adamu if President Buhari makes any formal pronouncement on the former Governor of Nasarawa State as his favoured choice.
He said: “We believe in the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, and the president been a democrat will never subscribe to imposition against the will of the majority party faithful. Hence we shall continue our consultations and prepare ourselves for the national convention with the hope of winning the National Chairmanship contest.
“Furthermore as genuine party faithful we will always be open to abide by any genuine considerations with superior reasoning if brokered by Mr President in return for a consensus arrangement, and cannot be pushed away and in a manner like what is been peddled now as an endorsement of a non-prepared individual as one.”
The Chairman Senate Committee on Services said under his administration internal democracy would be restored to give a sense of belonging to all the party faithful.
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“If given the opportunity to lead the party I will completely re-engineer the internal structures and workings of the party. APC needs total leadership reorientation for it to actualise its institutional potential. Hence, I will be adaptive to participatory in my leadership style to give the party a new direction and philosophy.
“APC must be made an institution which is the only antidote to reckless abuse of office and ethics which brings about disharmony and wrangling within the various organs of the party viz a viz its followers. My reform agenda for the party is expressed in what I call the three Rs for success, that is, Reconciliation, Reorganization and Redirection. We need to immediately reconcile aggrieved members of the party at all levels on a sustainable basis.
“He further added that the ruling party must be reorganized “in such a manner that it is able to effectively mobilise all segments of the country from youths to women groups to meet up with the INEC timetable timelines for 2023 elections. And thirdly we must redirect our efforts towards winning elections and nation-building and not wrangling.
“Most importantly we shall govern by the rule of law, abide by the party constitution, guidelines, manifesto and in line with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We will run an inclusive leadership that is devoid of the habitual grain of the entrenched political culture of dynastic politics, sectionalism, favouritism, money politics, parasitism on the public payroll, cronyism and patronage.
“We will run a party that will preserve the legacy of our founding fathers to build a strong country that is more tolerant, more prosperous and fairer by giving every member of the party equal opportunity. Disputes are indispensable in democracy because democracy allows for different shades of opinions. This in itself is not a disadvantage because it allows people to learn from such disputes and even matters that end up in courts afford the judiciary the opportunity to expand and develop the law regarding issues in dispute which serve as precedents for the future.”
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