National vice chairman North-West of the All Progressives Congress, Salihu Lukman has cautioned against a move to give the leadership of the party national secretariat to former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
The erstwhile national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu and national secretary, Iyiola Omisore resigned from their positions on Monday.
Speaking with journalists, Deputy National Chairman, ( North) Senator Abubakar Kyari who presided over the National Working Committee said he had since assumed the position of acting national chairman in line with provisions of the party Constitution.
Checks revealed that at the meeting of the Progressives Governors Forum held on Wednesday night, Imo State Governor and Chairman of the Forum, Senator Hope Uzodinnma conveyed the stance of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to give the exalted seat to the former Kano State Governor.
Reacting in a statement on Thursday, through a statement, “APC: Way Forward,” Lukman who incidentally is a member of the APC National Working Committee expressed strong reservations about the speculated choice of Ganduje by President Tinubu and the governors.
He noted that having produced the Deputy Senate President and Speaker, House of Representatives, giving the positions of National Chairman to same North West zone would be inimical to the existing zoning arrangement in the ruling party. He further submitted that the Progressives Governors Forum as a power bloc should be willing to submit themselves to the larger interest of the APC.
He said:” Through restoring constitutional order, we can activate some of the power blocs to actively participate in the process of producing and engaging leaders of the party.
For instance, elders of the party can have stronger say when the meetings of the National Caucus are restored. Women, Youth and Persons with Disability will similarly have stronger say when the Women, Youth and Persons with Disability wings are constituted with all the complementary structures as provided in the APC constitution.
