The Presidency, The APC And The Enemies Within By Tunde Ajibulu

TUNDE AJIBULU

Is the All Progressives Congress (APC) a glass house? Is the APC a house of straw? Is the APC a sand castle? Hhmmmm! Where do I start? I think I speak the minds of most APC members, supporters, well-wishers and the general populace, to say we are disillusioned by the pace of governance in Nigeria today. 

The response time to very salient issues is unbelievably disturbing. The infighting and squabbling. I will want to focus on and within the APC. For starters, I am a loyal APC card carrying member. I believe I have contributed my quota as thousands of others did, to the party, while i am not a die-hard fan of Mallam Nasir el Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State, I must say his memo to President Muhammadu Buhari which recently suffered a leak, was spot on and should be seen as a clarion call on the Presidency and the leadership of the APC if they do not want this whole arrangement to end up in any one of the above headlined categories. 

The cartoon  below is self-explanatory  and  inspired this piece.

Less than 2 weeks ago, the President appointed 23 head of Federal agencies two years into his regime!!!! The last PDP government's appointees were still running those key agencies hitherto. Today there are hundreds of if not thousands more PDP members still running or enjoying the benefits of board memberships, et al, in this administration! This is a travesty! 

It is impossible for the presidency to handle all this appointments!!it has to share!! Is it a world-wide standard best political practice to divide the  ‘spoils’ within the party from the most transparent and sophisticated democracies to the most despotic dictatorships... The APC leadership has to step up and defend the mandate of its members, loyalists,  and supporters from the odium, the so called cabal has smeared us with. Where was the cabal when Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was breaking his back, running helter-skelter to make things happen? Where was the cabal when PMB sat in the trenches negotiating, sacrificing his principles and cajoling to reach an agreement that birthed the APC?Where was the cabal when Senator Musa Kwankwaso delivered millions of votes? 

Where was the cabal when the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki 'mutinied' against the sitting President and his party the PDP and led five governors to the APC, delivered the North Central States for the first time to the opposition?

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BULL'S EYE BY JOSEPH SAMPSON EDGAR- MGBN : a night of unending thrill

Bull's eye is strictly the writer's own opinion about things, situations, events etc. We are not liable for how he expresses himself. 

I knew I was in for the most exciting night of the year for me when I stumbled on Timi Dakolo as I  was checking into my hotel room in Yenogoa. This is one of my favourite balladeers who can deliver a song with the smoothness of a young Michael Bolton. We exchanged pleasantries as he hurriedly drove to the venue. I wondered why the hurry only for me to get into the room, switch on the TV set and discover the show had already started.

The venue was heavily guarded with an assortment of security personnel. This was because it was being held in the Banquet Hall of the Government House. The hall itself was a marvel and the stage transported me to Las Vegas. This was my first such event and I could not help but stare. The damsels all strutted out in magnificent gowns, gorgeously made hair: all looking quite elegant.


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