APC NWC member calls for resignation of Adamu, Omisore

By: Taiwo Amodu – Abuja

Just two weeks after the presidential election that produced the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu as president-elect, a member of the National Working Committee of the APC called for reform that would give all loyal parties a sense of belonging.

APC National Vice President, North West Salihu Lukman in a statement Friday, titled; “APC Internal Dynamics and the Future of Democracy” said the ruling party was cultivating its demonization with its Muslim Muslim ticket and must make conscious efforts to disabuse the minds of Nigerians, especially the Christian faith that the party is integrator and belongs to all. /p>

Lukman, who advised the president-elect to form a broad-based government, also warned Tinubu not to proceed with the composition of the cabinet without reforming the party's national secretariat.

The former chief executive of the Progressive Governors Forum has called for an emergency national convention of the ruling party to replace Senator Adamu Abdullahi with another leader from the north-central party who must be a Christian.

He also called for the removal of the party's national secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, with a replacement from the same southwestern geopolitical area. Lukman accused Senator Omisore of pursuing a divisive policy which he said affected the fortunes of the APC in the gubernatorial election held in Osun State last July and the poor performance of the party in the presidential election in the southwestern states.

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He said: "While it is important to avoid chasing individual party leaders for their role in the primary that produced candidates for the 2023 election, including those who supported or campaign against Asiwaju Tinubu, it is strategically important to broaden the scope of opportunities to rectify the party's outlook and use it to also project the policy of a federal government led by Asiwaju Tinubu as inclusive. of the PDP's insensitivity mistake whereby the failure to align the party leadership's vision with the party's standard bearer for the 2023 presidential race, which has become a source of deep animosity among leaders party, it is important that APC, even before May 29, 2023, when Asiwaju will be sworn in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, take all necessary steps to rectify any situation that i could be used to further divisive campaigns and propaganda against the APC and its control of the federal government. Government.

"With a National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, who is also a Muslim, it will be important that all necessary steps are taken to inject leadership change into the party so that a new National Chairman who is a Christian takes over. Part of the benefit of this is that the national president could be retained in the central north.Noting that the current national president has done a great job of managing a successful campaign to win the 2023 election with all the challenges that arise, there should be no difficulty in convincing Senator Adamu to resign as National President to create an opportunity for a new National President of APC to emerge who is a Christian. an emergency national convention may be needed because if the current leadership hierarchy is to be followed, Senator Adamu's successor will be Senator Abubakar Kyari, who e st a Muslim from the North East.

“Besides the change of National Chairman, it is necessary to also recognize that the case of Senator Iyiola Omisore, National Party Secretary, has become a source of stronger disputes in Osun State. Unfortunately, rather than serving as a unifying factor for the party leadership in Osun State, Senator Omisore is more of a divisive factor, which may have been responsible for the APC's loss in the gubernatorial elections of 2022 for the benefit of a mediocre politician whose only qualification in politics can appear. be a comedic dance skill. To save Osun State and bring it back to its former standard of national political reckoning, Senator Omisore should step down as National Secretary of the APC and a new Unifying National Secretary elected. Beyond Senator Omisore, likewise, any member of the party's National Working Committee who is not a unifying leader in his state should be changed. »

Lukman also advised the president-elect to ensure that the distribution of key positions in the federal government reflects ethnic, religious, gender, and other demographic considerations.

"As a party, we must consciously avoid any errors that could be used by our political opponents to suggest insensitivity...