The All Progressives Congress (APC) reward system will affect the fortunes of the ruling party in future elections if President Bola Tinubu fails to correct it now.
This is the assertion of an APC group, the Progressives Young Leaders Assembly, who alleged at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday that the president rewarded the wrong people with ministerial positions while ignoring many who were responsible for his victory at the poll.
Reading a prepared text, the chairman of the group, Abubakar Kurawa, expressed concern that the ruling party seems to have derailed in the choice of appointment of prominent Nigerian politicians, particularly those who gave their time, physical energy and hard-earned resources to support the victory of the just concluded 2023 elections.
“We are disturbed that a considerable number of the people that the APC rewarded with ministerial slots, for example, could not match the resilience, sacrifice of energy and resources of other members that are yet to get even a simple letter of commendation for their effort.”
The group regretted that prominent APC politicians including former Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi; former Deputy Senate president, Ovie Omo-Agege; Kano State Chieftain, Abdussalam Zaura, and the gubernatorial candidate of the party in Adamawa State, Aisha Binani, could not find place despite their important contributions to the party.
Also named by the group as important contributors bypassed by the president are former Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade; former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, Gen Abdurrahman Dambazau, former Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari; former Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Tanko Almakura; former Zamfara State Governor, Ahmad Sani Yerima; Senator Andy Uba and Dr. Nasir Yusuf Gawuna.
The group stated: “We can go on and on, giving a long list of starlwarts of the APC who seem to be left out in the cold. But the bottom line is that the party’s reward system needs serious overhaul. It would be suicidal for that party to keep moving without remembering and rewarding these people for their efforts.
“Our group therefore, insists that prominent Nigerians, especially members of the ruling party who demonstrated their love and loyalty for the party by committing hundreds of millions( if not billions), deserve priority attention.
“It would be quite threatening to the future electoral fortunes of the APC to relent in rewarding hard-work and unalloyed loyalty of its party members, especially those who spent fortune running for political offices in 2023 general elections across Northern and Southern parts of the country.
“We have offered our voluntary advice, hoping the APC and President Bola Tinubu will avoid a mistake that would hunt the party down in 2027 and beyond. A word, as they say, is enough for the wise. Whoever has the President’s or party’s ear should forward our gentle warning/reminder.”
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