{"id":38462,"date":"2020-02-17T13:28:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T12:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=38462"},"modified":"2020-02-17T13:28:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T12:28:12","slug":"the-apc-is-now-a-funny-organization-under-oshiomhole-former-sgf-babachir-lawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/the-apc-is-now-a-funny-organization-under-oshiomhole-former-sgf-babachir-lawal\/","title":{"rendered":"The APC Is Now A Funny Organization Under Oshiomhole – Former SGF, Babachir Lawal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former secretary to the government to the federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a “funny organization” under the leadership of Adams Oshiomhole.<\/p>\n

Babachir Lawal who spoke to newsmen over the weekend, said the north has lost its priviledge in the APC following the suspension of\u00a0Lawal Shaibu and\u00a0Inuwa Abdulkadir who are the national Vice-Chairmen of the party in the\u00a0north and north-west respectively.<\/p>\n

He said;<\/p>\n

\u201cThis APC is funny, as we speak, the chairman and his loyalists have suspended the deputy national chairman (north), the whole north, the chairman, national vice-chairman (north-west) which is the largest geographical zone with seven states has been suspended, he is no longer attending national working committee meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe national secretary of the party who is from the north, from Yobe, has left to become governor of Yobe state as we speak, there is no firm decision to his replacement.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor more than one year or so. A very substantial part of the country is not represented in the decision making.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lawal also alleged that Oshiomhole does not involve prominent members of the party in decision-making.<\/p>\n

He said;<\/p>

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\u201cI\u2019m quite close to members of the NWC, they always complain about not being carried along so the chairman of a party is not an executive president where whatever you say is, you need to carry everyone along.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is the essence, a national vice-chairman north-east for example, he is for north-east and there are things unique to the area which he is aware of, which his own exco has brought to him for processing at the national secretariat. If he does not get the proper hearing and opportunity to present those things they are disenfranchised.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The former SGF also wondered what the\u00a0reconciliation panel led by Bisi Akande will achieve as he insisted that it is better for politicians to cut their losses and nurse their wounds rather than be reconciled.<\/p>\n

Babachir Lawal said;<\/p>\n

\u201cIn politics, sometimes it is better not to reconcile, somebody must lose out.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all there has to be confidence restored in the NWC that they capacity to be impartial and fair in the decisions they take on behalf of party members. As I speak I don\u2019t think there is any APC member that can confidently tell you that he expects the NWC to be fair and just in some of the cases because we lost election on account of this.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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