A coalition of civil society groups under the aegis of Civil Society Coalition For Good Governance, CSCGG, on Thursday morning appealed to the All Progressives Congress, APC, to remain united and strong enough to ward off the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from returning to power in Nigeria.
At a press conference held at the Airport Hotel in the Ikeja area of Lagos, Nigeria, the groups further urged all politicians in the APC to recognise the importance of party supremacy in their dealings and activities as well as the sacrifice made by the party’s national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to redeem the country through President Muhammadu Buhari.
“The controversial circumstances leading to the emergence of Bukola Saraki as Senate President and Yakubu Dogara as Speaker of the House of Representatives have tended to create bad blood within the ruling party and constitute a cog in the wheels of democratic progress.
“While we grant politicians their rights to pursue their political aspirations, we also believe strongly that party men and women should always subject themselves to party discipline so as to allow for cohesion and smooth operations and implementation of party programmes.
“It is our position that since the party was the vehicle through which individuals won elections into offices, and as long as there is so far, no provision for independent candidacy, all party members must subject themselves to party discipline.
“We call on the APC to henceforth invoke its disciplinary processes against any party member who conducts himself or herself in any manner that violates party discipline or undermines the collective interest of the party.
“The mischievous gang up between the new leaders of the National Assembly and the defeated PDP should warn the leaders of the APC that the unfinished task of neutralising the PDP with its nauseous effects on the Nigerian polity for the past 16 years needs their attention.
“Nothing should be done to reward the PDP which has mismanaged power and politics in Nigeria for the past 16 years, while APC was the opposition,” the groups, which have Comrade Declan Ihekaire and Mohammed Kudu Abubakar as Deputy Conveners and Vince Bakare as Secretary, said.
-PMNews
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