Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
Some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have protested alleged exclusion of party members from appointments by the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike.
The stakeholders accused the minister of literally importing all his cronies in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Rivers State into FCT and giving them juicy appointments.
Addressing journalists at the NUJ Secretariat in Abuja, the Convener, Abdulwahab Ekekhide and Co-Convener, Obaje Omobolaji David, said the party members welcomed the appointment of Wike as the FCT Minister with high hopes.
He however, regretted that such hopes were being dashed by the minister’s refusal to engage the party members, who were working tirelessly to reposition the party structure in the capital city.
He said they had expected that the minister being a seasoned politician would empower and strengthen the party to winning ways.
Ekekhide said, “The reverse became the case and even worse as recent appointments have shown that the minister wants to finally kill and bury the party. His agenda, we don’t know, we will resist any further attempts to ridicule the party,” he said.
Ekekhide said the reason why the APC in the FCT always lost elections was because the ministers always imported strangers who did not belong to any political ward, polling unit or have voting rights/influence in the FCT as appointees of government.
He said that most of these appointees usually traveled to their various states during elections, thereby leaving the FCT dry.
