2019: Don’t rule out automatic ticket for Buhari — APC
The
president's first rival emerges ... Afenifere addresses Bisi Akande on
restructuring The national leadership of the Congress of All
Progressives, APC, was last night, trying to dodge possible schisms in
the party by the statement of the South West Caucus that the 2019 the ticket would be open to all areas if President Muhammadu Buhari decides not to appear.
The
intervention of the party came amid strong claims to the ticket by the
northern chapters of the APC, which insisted that the presidency would
remain in the North, regardless of Buhari's intention. This
happened on a day when Senator Adamu Aliero, a former governor of Kebbi
state, said he would challenge Buhari for the APC ticket before the
2019 election. The controversy swelled on Thursday after the party's
national president, Chief
Bisi Akande, at the end of a retreat for the South West leaders of the
APC, stated that the 2019 presidential ticket remained open to all
sections of the country in that the President had not declared his
intention for a second term . Akande
had said: "He (Buhari) has not told us that he is disputing again.
Anyone in our party is free to become the President of Nigeria. As soon
as they indicate interest, we will establish a process through which a If you are lucky enough to have the ticket, we will present you as our candidate. " The
President's first term has been characterized by poor health and
absence of the office with the last episode happening between May and
August this year. Surprisingly,
the Katsina state party chapter was indifferent to the southwestern
position, and said that while Buhari remained his preferred candidate
for the presidential ticket, the Southwest declaration would undergo a
democratic exercise in which Buhari said he would triumph . Reacting
to development, APC's national advertising secretary, Mallam Bolaji
Abdullahi, told Sunday Vanguard: "I can not see anywhere that the South
West APC says there is no automatic ticket for Buhari. is
a statement to Chief Akande that President Buhari has not declared
interest in 2019, which is a statement of fact, and that anyone was free
to dispute from anywhere in the country, which again is a statement of
fact in what which concerns our party, "Abdullahi said. Meanwhile,
Sokoto state party chairman Alhaji Suleiman Danmadamin-Isa told Sunday
Vanguard that the South West APC was free to take any position for now,
adding that the North had no candidate other than Buhari . "For
now, until President Buhari tells us that he is not interested, the
North has no other candidate. Since the position is divided into zones
to the north, if whoever wants to dispute hears Buhari will contest, he
will withdraw." "The
national (north-west) party vice-president, Inuwa Abdulkadir, shied
away from reacting to the statement, saying that the party had spoken. asked
him about the specific reaction, he said: "You still want me to repeat
our reaction, and I am not prepared to do that." APA State Adamawa
President Alhaji Ibrahim Balal, however, rejected supplications on the
issue, saying Adamawa
is the home state of a possible 2019 presidential candidate and a
member of the APC, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. Katsina's
state party, which is the base of Buhari, was not afraid of a possible
bout, and said last night that his support of President Buhari should be
subject to democratic approval. State
party chairman Shittu S. Shittu, who spoke to Sunday Vanguard, said
that the APC adhered to the principles of democracy and not to a
dictatorship. Shittu
said any person who expressed interest or wished to compete for the
presidency should be accommodated as provided in democratic practice. He
cited the primary election, which saw Buhari emerged as the bearer of
the party's flag in 2015 after strong opposition from other aspirants. "It is a democracy, it is a necessity that the seat be open to all," said the party's president. "Even
the President, when asked if he would compete for the seat, said he
would, but provided EFCC clarified that he does not have public funds."
When we, APC Katsina, say we backed Buhari and Masari for 2019 , we will not stop anyone from buying the form to run for the presidency. It is a democracy, but, as far as we are concerned, we, the
party, we have said that we are backing Buhari and Masari. So if he (Buhari) chooses the form and denies others the opportunity to choose the form, then it is not democracy that we are practicing. It should be declared vacant for all. Whoever is interested or willing, is free to do so. It's politics "So, I do not see it as a problem or something, it's democracy It's mandatory They let everyone express their desire As far as I'm concerned, if you say you want to practice democracy, everyone has a desire." Even the last (2015), he was not the only one that competed. He challenged the primary feast with Rabiu Kwankwaso, Okorocha Rocks, Sam Ndah Isaiah, and, with God on his part, the APC flag bearer emerged and became the president. Then, by the time he finishes his term, people will judge, and if they find it valuable or able to continue, they will do what is necessary. It is a democracy and not a dictatorship. "Reacting to the position that Buhari still did not indicate interest in running for re-election in 2019, Aliero, the senator representing Kebbi Central, told Sunday Vanguard : "I am interested." Restructuring: Afenifere acquires Bisi Akande In a related development, the Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) yesterday expressed deep concern over what appeared to be a disturbing position of Yoruba leaders in the APC.In a statement, ARG leader Hon Wale Osun criticized a statement accredited to Chief Akande. "The Yoruba people are now at a crossroads. His leadership under the previous Osun state governor, Chief Bisi Akande, at the Ibadan meeting of selected APC leaders, took a stand on constitutional reforms in Nigeria that is completely at odds with the decision of his followers in the same "On Monday, September 18, 2017, the Congress of All Progressives held a conference at the University of Ibadan on the subject of constitutional reforms." The Yoruba people are at a crossroads, "he said. in Nigeria. A similar conference was held in Akure four days later and the clarion call emanating from the two party conferences in the area was for a sound restructuring of the system and structure of our policy and governance. That decision certainly transcends the call for mere devolution, as it raises the fundamental need for a change in the structure of government to make even the issue of devolution a sustainable process. "How the leaders of our party in our area, whose followers spoke in a definitive language can back down before such a decision, is totally unacceptable and even in the realm of spirit, not to mention the physical sphere, the tail can never move the dog And they are the ones we hope to negotiate on our behalf! "On the same day that Western leaders met, northern leaders rose from a meeting in Kaduna and the Daily Trust reported from the meeting that" the North Leans towards the return to the regions ". "It is necessary to clarify that a federation that Nigeria pretends to be should be part of a central government and federating units that are in parity and are mutually agreed as to what powers each one must exercise.Therefore, in a federation there is talk of restructuring , which is that there is a demand for change in the way things are done.When you speak strictly as was the result of Ibadan, you are asking the almighty central government in a unitary system to allow other levels of government to exercise some powers already The crisis in Nigeria today can only be resolved when all Nigerians have an opinion on what powers to allow each other. "To avoid doubt, restructuring involves much more than devolution and includes constitutional reform that will allow the sustainability of the exchange of power. For example, the Yoruba people at all conferences held to date, including those leading to the production of the Yoruba Agenda, the Summit and all Progressive Congressional conferences on restructuring (respectively held in Ibadan and Akure), agreed that it is it is necessary to return to regions as a unit of federation and that each unit would have its own constitution that would guide how all its internal governance is enabled, in particular, other levels of government that are lower than the level of the federating unit. Nigerians would agree on what percentage of the resources generated by the federation units are paid as taxes to the federal government and the Yoruba people have indicated that for a manly central government, taxes paid to the central government by the federation units should be no more than thirty five percent of all accumulations. Only the reform or restructuring
can facilitate this, the mere return of power can not. And who is giving back the power by the way. "We, and I mean the Yoruba people, we are progressives and by the welfarist culture and have remained largely in politics and civic engagement. We certainly question the terrain and categorically declare that there is no other side on the Yoruba land in the If someone intends to create the other part in this matter that is Germaine to Yorubaland and the general peace of our country, the person is free to do so. "But the history of Yorubaland lies on a plot clear and firm on the subject.It should be a great tragedy if the elected and appointed Yoruba office holders can not and will not defend and in Yoruba interest, the same interest they espoused to catapult themselves in office. then the NADECO struggle that claimed lives and freedom, but the need to restructure Nigeria? "
The
intervention of the party came amid strong claims to the ticket by the
northern chapters of the APC, which insisted that the presidency would
remain in the North, regardless of Buhari's intention. This
happened on a day when Senator Adamu Aliero, a former governor of Kebbi
state, said he would challenge Buhari for the APC ticket before the
2019 election. The controversy swelled on Thursday after the party's
national president, Chief
Bisi Akande, at the end of a retreat for the South West leaders of the
APC, stated that the 2019 presidential ticket remained open to all
sections of the country in that the President had not declared his
intention for a second term . Akande
had said: "He (Buhari) has not told us that he is disputing again.
Anyone in our party is free to become the President of Nigeria. As soon
as they indicate interest, we will establish a process through which a If you are lucky enough to have the ticket, we will present you as our candidate. " The
President's first term has been characterized by poor health and
absence of the office with the last episode happening between May and
August this year. Surprisingly,
the Katsina state party chapter was indifferent to the southwestern
position, and said that while Buhari remained his preferred candidate
for the presidential ticket, the Southwest declaration would undergo a
democratic exercise in which Buhari said he would triumph . Reacting
to development, APC's national advertising secretary, Mallam Bolaji
Abdullahi, told Sunday Vanguard: "I can not see anywhere that the South
West APC says there is no automatic ticket for Buhari. is
a statement to Chief Akande that President Buhari has not declared
interest in 2019, which is a statement of fact, and that anyone was free
to dispute from anywhere in the country, which again is a statement of
fact in what which concerns our party, "Abdullahi said. Meanwhile,
Sokoto state party chairman Alhaji Suleiman Danmadamin-Isa told Sunday
Vanguard that the South West APC was free to take any position for now,
adding that the North had no candidate other than Buhari . "For
now, until President Buhari tells us that he is not interested, the
North has no other candidate. Since the position is divided into zones
to the north, if whoever wants to dispute hears Buhari will contest, he
will withdraw." "The
national (north-west) party vice-president, Inuwa Abdulkadir, shied
away from reacting to the statement, saying that the party had spoken. asked
him about the specific reaction, he said: "You still want me to repeat
our reaction, and I am not prepared to do that." APA State Adamawa
President Alhaji Ibrahim Balal, however, rejected supplications on the
issue, saying Adamawa
is the home state of a possible 2019 presidential candidate and a
member of the APC, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. Katsina's
state party, which is the base of Buhari, was not afraid of a possible
bout, and said last night that his support of President Buhari should be
subject to democratic approval. State
party chairman Shittu S. Shittu, who spoke to Sunday Vanguard, said
that the APC adhered to the principles of democracy and not to a
dictatorship. Shittu
said any person who expressed interest or wished to compete for the
presidency should be accommodated as provided in democratic practice. He
cited the primary election, which saw Buhari emerged as the bearer of
the party's flag in 2015 after strong opposition from other aspirants. "It is a democracy, it is a necessity that the seat be open to all," said the party's president. "Even
the President, when asked if he would compete for the seat, said he
would, but provided EFCC clarified that he does not have public funds."
When we, APC Katsina, say we backed Buhari and Masari for 2019 , we will not stop anyone from buying the form to run for the presidency. It is a democracy, but, as far as we are concerned, we, the party, we have said that we are backing Buhari and Masari. So if he (Buhari) chooses the form and denies others the opportunity to choose the form, then it is not democracy that we are practicing. It should be declared vacant for all. Whoever is interested or willing, is free to do so. It's politics "So, I do not see it as a problem or something, it's democracy It's mandatory They let everyone express their desire As far as I'm concerned, if you say you want to practice democracy, everyone has a desire." Even the last (2015), he was not the only one that competed. He challenged the primary feast with Rabiu Kwankwaso, Okorocha Rocks, Sam Ndah Isaiah, and, with God on his part, the APC flag bearer emerged and became the president. Then, by the time he finishes his term, people will judge, and if they find it valuable or able to continue, they will do what is necessary. It is a democracy and not a dictatorship. "Reacting to the position that Buhari still did not indicate interest in running for re-election in 2019, Aliero, the senator representing Kebbi Central, told Sunday Vanguard : "I am interested." Restructuring: Afenifere acquires Bisi Akande In a related development, the Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) yesterday expressed deep concern over what appeared to be a disturbing position of Yoruba leaders in the APC.In a statement, ARG leader Hon Wale Osun criticized a statement accredited to Chief Akande. "The Yoruba people are now at a crossroads. His leadership under the previous Osun state governor, Chief Bisi Akande, at the Ibadan meeting of selected APC leaders, took a stand on constitutional reforms in Nigeria that is completely at odds with the decision of his followers in the same "On Monday, September 18, 2017, the Congress of All Progressives held a conference at the University of Ibadan on the subject of constitutional reforms." The Yoruba people are at a crossroads, "he said. in Nigeria. A similar conference was held in Akure four days later and the clarion call emanating from the two party conferences in the area was for a sound restructuring of the system and structure of our policy and governance. That decision certainly transcends the call for mere devolution, as it raises the fundamental need for a change in the structure of government to make even the issue of devolution a sustainable process. "How the leaders of our party in our area, whose followers spoke in a definitive language can back down before such a decision, is totally unacceptable and even in the realm of spirit, not to mention the physical sphere, the tail can never move the dog And they are the ones we hope to negotiate on our behalf! "On the same day that Western leaders met, northern leaders rose from a meeting in Kaduna and the Daily Trust reported from the meeting that" the North Leans towards the return to the regions ". "It is necessary to clarify that a federation that Nigeria pretends to be should be part of a central government and federating units that are in parity and are mutually agreed as to what powers each one must exercise.Therefore, in a federation there is talk of restructuring , which is that there is a demand for change in the way things are done.When you speak strictly as was the result of Ibadan, you are asking the almighty central government in a unitary system to allow other levels of government to exercise some powers already The crisis in Nigeria today can only be resolved when all Nigerians have an opinion on what powers to allow each other. "To avoid doubt, restructuring involves much more than devolution and includes constitutional reform that will allow the sustainability of the exchange of power. For example, the Yoruba people at all conferences held to date, including those leading to the production of the Yoruba Agenda, the Summit and all Progressive Congressional conferences on restructuring (respectively held in Ibadan and Akure), agreed that it is it is necessary to return to regions as a unit of federation and that each unit would have its own constitution that would guide how all its internal governance is enabled, in particular, other levels of government that are lower than the level of the federating unit. Nigerians would agree on what percentage of the resources generated by the federation units are paid as taxes to the federal government and the Yoruba people have indicated that for a manly central government, taxes paid to the central government by the federation units should be no more than thirty five percent of all accumulations. Only the reform or restructuring
can facilitate this, the mere return of power can not. And who is giving back the power by the way. "We, and I mean the Yoruba people, we are progressives and by the welfarist culture and have remained largely in politics and civic engagement. We certainly question the terrain and categorically declare that there is no other side on the Yoruba land in the If someone intends to create the other part in this matter that is Germaine to Yorubaland and the general peace of our country, the person is free to do so. "But the history of Yorubaland lies on a plot clear and firm on the subject.It should be a great tragedy if the elected and appointed Yoruba office holders can not and will not defend and in Yoruba interest, the same interest they espoused to catapult themselves in office. then the NADECO struggle that claimed lives and freedom, but the need to restructure Nigeria? "
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