There seems to be a crack in the All Progressives Congress, APC, Kaduna state chapter as a group known as ‘True’ All Progressives Congress, TAPC, has come out to condemn in strong terms the way and manner Governor Nasir El-Rufai is running the affairs of the state.
The group in a press statement issued and signed by its publicity secretary, Alhaji Murtala Abubakar and made available to the media in Kaduna yesterday, decried the anti-people policies and highhandedness of El-Rufa’i which had caused untold hardship and pauperized the people.
TAPC called on the national leadership of the APC and the Presidency to disregard any presentation by El-Rufa’i to influence appointments of party members from the state into positions in government; and also prevent the governor from hijacking the party.
The statement said, “We are pained to join the outcry over the anti-people policies of Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i which have continued to produce misery and pauperization. The highhandedness of the Governor which has now created the impression that an APC administration in the state has turned its back against the people is a matter of huge concern to us.
“We do not support the strategy of the state government that seeks to extend and compound the sufferings of our people who in the 16 years of the last administration of the PDP in the state and at the national level, were subjected to untold hardships.
“The national leadership and the presidency should disregard any presentation by Governor Nasir Ahmed El-Rufa’I with a view to unduly influence the appointments of party members from Kaduna State into positions in government. This particular demand is informed by the realization that the governor intend to continue to cripple the party by punishing loyalty and commitment while at the same time rewarding lackeys and others who satisfy his needs to amass all control of governance and the party in the state.
Reacting to the group’s allegation, the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State passed a vote of confidence on Governor Nasir El-Rufai policies.
Speaking with journalists in Kaduna, APC State Acting Publicity Secretary, Salisu Wusono, said all El-Rufai’s policies were in line with the ruling party’s manifestos and agenda, urging members to remain loyal.
Wusono, who was reacting to a media briefing by the group advised some of its members to stop being deceived by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to distract the good work of the governor.
Wusono said, “APC as a party has a manifestos and also have constitution and we are working in line with the constitution of our party. We have only one APC in Kaduna State. The party in Kaduna has leadership and structure.
“We are running the affairs of the party according to the manifestos, constitution and ideology of APC. Is laughable if somebody in Kaduna state said APC is not functioning because the party has governor in Kaduna, 90 percent of members in the state and national assembly so if anybody who come out to say APC in the State is in disarray is a joker.
“As far as we are concerned, we worked together with governor Nasir El-Rufai to make APC alive in Kaduna and removed PDP out of Kaduna state.
“Anybody party member that is questioning the policies and leadership of Governor is either ignorance or doing it deliberate. That person may also be working with external forces in the PDP. Is it free education policy, is it 255 primary centres that will be well built and equipped? Is that what somebody will call anti peoples policies in the state? Is it verification of workers to have accurate data and fished out ghost workers created by PDP that is anti peoples policy?
“Any party member who is talking about our governor’s policies in a negative way is the person running anti peoples advocacy in the state to deprive the masses of good things, go through governor El-rufai’s 2016 budget proposal recently presented to the State Assembly and you will see.
“Is also laughable for anybody who claim to be APC member but telling the APC national leadership and the presidency to disregard the governor of Kaduna state. Governor Nasir El-Rufai is the founding member of the APC, active in the merger committee and is signatory to the merger document on the bases which INEC issued the certificate of registration to the APC. The national leadership knew all our attitude more than governor El-Rufai,” APC said.
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