The chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
will ratify the list of persons to be nominated into the Federal
Executive Council before presentation to the National Assembly.
The leadership of the party were seeking to restore the APC power which some supposed was lost during the 16 years under the ruling of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
A significant northern leader of the APC, who wanted not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue, said the APC was working to shun the difficulties which led to the crash of the PDP.
The politician said: “We are looking at a situation where the party will direct the affairs of government in line with our manifesto. Recall that this was largely the case during the second republic.
“But since 1999, what we have seen is the rise of individuals whose personal interests took precedence over the general interest of the party and the people.
“The APC cannot afford to let this happen because we have a social contract with the Nigerian people who voted for the party based on the promise to bring about change in the polity.”
He added that under the APC government, there is no way the First Lady would have the freedom to interfere in the party affairs to the level of dictating who got nominated and who did not.
The politician said: “This time around, the party will make an input into how its elected public office holders conduct the business of delivering on promises made, because we, as a party, will share in their success and will also share in the blame, should they fail.”
Ogbonnaya Onu, a leading member of the APC and former governor of old Abia State, has recently told journalists that as a party, the APC would be guided by the constitution.
While answering to a question as to how members of the cabinet would emerge, Onu said the APC was a party which was determined to do things differently to enable that Nigerians get value from administration.
Onu said: “In forming government, you have to make consultations with the party. We are a party of change, we are a party that is looking forward to building a Nigeria that many of the problems we have today will be solved, and we can’t do things the way they were done before; knowing that the way they were done before didn’t give the results that were desired.”
The information arose recently that former president Olusegun Obasanjo and national leader of the APC Bola Tinubu disagreed over the candidature for the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria.
According to the agreement with the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, the former Lagos governor will name nine ministers.
The leadership of the party were seeking to restore the APC power which some supposed was lost during the 16 years under the ruling of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
A significant northern leader of the APC, who wanted not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue, said the APC was working to shun the difficulties which led to the crash of the PDP.
The politician said: “We are looking at a situation where the party will direct the affairs of government in line with our manifesto. Recall that this was largely the case during the second republic.
“But since 1999, what we have seen is the rise of individuals whose personal interests took precedence over the general interest of the party and the people.
“The APC cannot afford to let this happen because we have a social contract with the Nigerian people who voted for the party based on the promise to bring about change in the polity.”
He added that under the APC government, there is no way the First Lady would have the freedom to interfere in the party affairs to the level of dictating who got nominated and who did not.
The politician said: “This time around, the party will make an input into how its elected public office holders conduct the business of delivering on promises made, because we, as a party, will share in their success and will also share in the blame, should they fail.”
Ogbonnaya Onu, a leading member of the APC and former governor of old Abia State, has recently told journalists that as a party, the APC would be guided by the constitution.
While answering to a question as to how members of the cabinet would emerge, Onu said the APC was a party which was determined to do things differently to enable that Nigerians get value from administration.
Onu said: “In forming government, you have to make consultations with the party. We are a party of change, we are a party that is looking forward to building a Nigeria that many of the problems we have today will be solved, and we can’t do things the way they were done before; knowing that the way they were done before didn’t give the results that were desired.”
The information arose recently that former president Olusegun Obasanjo and national leader of the APC Bola Tinubu disagreed over the candidature for the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria.
According to the agreement with the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, the former Lagos governor will name nine ministers.
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