BY Dyepkazah Shibayan
Salihu Lukman, former vice-chair of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the north-west, says the the ruling party is gradually catching up with the low standards set by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the centre.
In a statement on Wednesday, Lukman said it is alarming that the party envisioned as progressive would be associated with arbitrary conduct.
The former director-general of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) said party leaders who claim to be progressives should not be opposed to functioning organs of the party.
“Arguably, the situation in APC after ten years of existence as a party and eight years as a ruling party is gradually catching up with the low standards set by PDP during its sixteen years,” he said.
“It is quite alarming that a party envisioned to be progressive will be associated with such arbitrary conduct.
“All these could be explained with reference to ensuring that structures of the APC are allowed to operate as provided in the APC constitution.
“If structures of the party are allowed to operate, decisions of party organs would be binding on all leaders including the national chairman and the president.”
Lukman said APC is yet to emerge as the model Nigerians expected of it when it was formed in 2013.
“How have we as a ruling party performed?” he asked.
“Have we been able to present a new model of party governance? Or did we collapse and therefore metamorphosed into another PDP in the name of APC?
“While as individuals we will have different explanations to the reality called APC today, the reality is that, as a party, it is yet to emerge as the model Nigerians expected when it emerged in 2013.”
Lukman added that APC leaders must “wake up” and support President Bola Tinubu to succeed.
“Nigerians invested so much confidence in APC, on account of which they have voted for the party and its candidates since 2015,” he said.
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