Nwaeze Onu
With recent developments in our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), it has become clear that silence is no longer golden. Time has come to call a spade a spade and this we must do because we have the interest of the party at heart as one of those that struggled for the formation of APC.
APC has taken a centre seat in everything it preached against. It has become where the impossible happens and this is snowballing to the governance in the country. The actors in the corridor of power obviously have ganged up against the president, Nigerians and the party.
At the formation stage of the APC, we wanted a party that would be distinct from the then ruling party. We anchored our drive on Progressive governance that would be a model in our body Politic and place value in respecting rule of law but alas, the party today has become a theatre of absurdities where respect to rule of law has become foreign.
APC constitution doesn’t provide for a caretaker Committee or whatsoever but the party has been run with caretaker Committee for more than a year now and nobody is talking about it. This very Committee is a threat to the continuous existence of our party and it is becoming obvious at the dawn of every day that APC is sinking.
President Buhari who came to leadership with good mind has been sidelined and his government hijacked by certain persons and the effects is glaring. From insecurity to bad economy, the country is comatose and one wonders if this is APC we founded as an alternative. I had earlier called on the party to jettison sharing of political appointments and positions according to blocks in the party, if the party continues in this trajectory, our party will continue to be divided.
APC, going forward, should take caution, return the party to the ideals of the founding fathers and make everyone feel at home. The journey of bringing back the party to its original intention of formation should be pivotal as the party prepares for National Convention.
The time to correct this illness is now and every leader of our party must come to this consensus for the future of our party.
