Politics Of Intellectual Deficit, By Goke Butika

"All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again"---Johann Von Goethe

Governor of Cross River, Ben Ayade seems to be living ahead of his time, for he inherited a state whose oil wells had been taken away by the Cameroonian territory, Bakassi and Neighboring Akwa Ibom. The only legacy was the tourism sector bequeathed by the erstwhile Gov. Donald Duke. So, Ayade has latitude for all the lame excuses of some governors not pay workers' salaries. Lo and behold, Ayade has paid December salary on the first day of December! I asked,  could it be in Nigeria? That reminds me of Platonic concepts.

I am an admirer of Plato, the ancient Greek thinker who committed suicide as a result of injustice meted out to him in Athen city state, Greece by the authority which sexed up trumped-up charges against him that he was misleading the youth and promoting foreign god which had endowed him unusual wisdom. My love for the thinker concerns his evergreen philosophical concepts, of which I am going to mention three in relation with what I intend to write on the politics of economy of Nigeria.

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The first Platonic concept is his division of the world into body and soul. In his dialogue, Plato through his intellectually midwifery asserted that soul is an eternal spirit that could not be killed, but body is determinate, and it could be exterminated. So, the good that one must do is to purify the soul and prepare a better place for its transmigration. This coheres with the argument of the theologians that place premium on after life, but also, it is a metaphysical concept that has whittled down the justification for societal evil.

The second concept which endears itself to me, is his position on how the soul works with knowledge. Plato argues that our souls are familiar with all there is to know in the world of form, but while the soul was migrating to the given body, it must pass through River Arête ( river of forgetfulness), a situation that could have made it forget all things. May be, John Locke who describes the mind of a new born baby as "tabularasa" meaning clean state, began the understanding of man's knowledge  from the  journey after River Arête. This postulation explains while a woman who had suffered terrible labour pain would want to still savour sex again. But, relating this to Nigerian politics, it is save to say that voting for a candidate without questioning their potentials and potentiality could be as a result of forgetfulness. I will come back to it late.

The third is the Plato submission on politics that democracy is the rule of the mob, for people in a given republic may vote a leader based on emotion instead of critical evaluation of what the person could do if entrusted with the mantle of leadership. I heard that Ondo people were not paid for seven months before the last governorship election. So, the election became existential tool instead of free will to choose a leader. That brings us to the detail of the second Platonic concept- Plato divides soul into three floors of pyramid: appetitive stage-this is the first floor that connects all living organism, and the general notion is hunger. Man, animals, even some plants feel hunger, but I am convinced that man is not restricted to this stage, and that compels us to check the second floor which is emotive stage. This is a floor where pain and pleasure are experienced coupled with their result reactions, but animals do feel pain and pleasure too. Though, the fecundity is in degrees.

The third stage, which is at the apex is INTELLECTUAL floor. I am yet to be told that some animals compete with man on this floor, but it is worthy to note that hunger could draw man to the appetitive floor and suspend him there. That could have been the defined concept of "stomach infrastructure" of Ekiti under Ayodele Fayose or "dibo ko sebe" (vote and prepare soup) which Segun Adeniyi of ThisDay newspaper called "pot of soup" democracy, experienced in Ondo under Gov. Segun Mimiko. So, why has Nigeria reduced to the appetitive stage? Why would a governor pay salaries of workers in the first day of month, and another governor will owe his workers for seven months? Why would a governor roll out projects to redefine lives of his citizens, and another governor would have no projects desperately needed by his people and would still not pay workers' salaries? These questions and many others  will find answers in the position of Plato on politics, which asserts that democracy is a rule of the mob.

Someone raises a fundamental question that my governor, Rauf Aregbesola has not asserted himself on the salary issue, but I must hold forte for him that he has provided unthinkable projects in terms of roads, bridges, schools, markets, parks and others, despite the minutest federal allocation that is not even huge enough to offset the workers' salaries, and obviously the projects are the priorities of the state. As touching different figures relating to debt profile  bandied around by the critics, I think that is the exclusive preserve of the book keepers. However, Ondo is one oil state that should boast of more resources than Cross Rivers; it confounds me to know that the latter pays on the first day of the month, and the former could not pay for seven month.

I think it is high time people rose to their intellectual feet, and refused to be dragged and suspended in appetitive floor, and this could be achieved through intelligent elite who are progressive in nature, and futuristic in manner. I am afraid that might not happen soon. Ah! Who will bail poor people out of this quandary? Ayade has shown that ideas rule the world, that with intellectual property, the desert lime Dubai could be turned to a land of milk and honey; that a non-oil state in Nigeria could pay salaries even before the time is ripe for it.    How come Nigerian leaders do not have the culture of copying good things? The answer is in the air.

Butika is an intercontinental journalist.

Fresh RIPPLES In APC Over Tinubu's Roles In Ondo Election

Punch Newspaper - A week after the Ondo State governorship election, there are indications that the All Progressives Congress leaders, particularly the National Working Committee members, are still divided over a former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

It was reliably learnt in Abuja on Friday that the party leaders had not agreed on how to handle the former governor on his alleged role in the Ondo State poll.

While some members believe that Tinubu and the Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, worked against the interest of the party in the election, others are of the view that the duo did no wrong.

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It was gathered that the hardliners in the APC, who are mostly against Tinubu, are calling for the sanctioning of the former governor and his loyalists.

Investigations showed that other APC leaders had called for caution, arguing that any tough measure against Tinubu would destroy the party.

It was learnt that those, who are sympathetic to the former governor, said the party should reconcile with him.

A chieftain of the party, who confided in Saturday PUNCH, said, “We have told those who are against the man to remember his contributions to the formation of the APC and the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari. We should not take any action that will destroy the party.”

But those calling for sanctions insisted that there should be consequences for party members who engaged in anti-party activities, irrespective of their status.

They argued that such sanctions would send a strong message to would-be rebels.

A former lawmaker, who spoke to Saturday PUNCH on the condition of anonymity, said, “We should not treat Tinubu like a god. The laws of the party should apply to all members.”

Those opposed to punitive actions against Tinubu argued that the outcome of the Ondo governorship election offered a new opportunity to unite rather than further divide the party.

But the APC leaders calling for sanctions are accusing the two party leaders of allegedly supporting candidates of rival political parties against APC’s standard bearer during the polls.

Specifically, they are accused of supporting the candidature of Chief Olusola Oke of the Alliance for Democracy with funds and other logistics.

Oke had defected to the AD to contest the Ondo governorship election after losing to Akeredolu in the party’s primary held on September 3, 2016.

A source, who confided in one of our correspondents, also said another South-West APC governor was also among those believed to have funded Oke’s campaigns.

The source was silent on whether the governor would also face sanction or not.

One of the party leaders, who appealed for caution, said, “The outcome of the Ondo election is enough humiliation for these people. Why would anybody want to add salt to injury by sanctioning them?

 “Besides, we cannot afford at this stage of our development to begin to behave like the former ruling party. Did anyone see Asiwaju or Aregbesola anywhere near Oke’s campaign? You know it is normal for politicians to drop names if such names will give them an edge over opponents.”

A member of the APC National Working Committee loyal to Tinubu, said calls for sanctions against Tinubu were misplaced.

He said, “Who are those making such calls? I am sure they are people who did not know how the APC was formed. When did showing preference for a particular party member over another constitute an anti-party activity?

“Anyone who can provide proof of any anti-party activity against Tinubu should come out in the open instead of chasing shadows.”

APC Crisis: Drama As Angry Aregbesola Walks Out On Journalists At Abeokuta Secret Meeting With Amosun, Ajimobi, Akande

There was a mild drama at Ogun State Government House Isale-Igbehin as Osun State Governor, Ogbani Rauf Aregbesola walked out on Journalists who were trying to quiz him on a closed door meeting help between him, the Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, Abiola Ajumobi; the Oyo's and the former interim national Chairman of the crisis-ridden All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande,

The meeting, which according to Punch Newspaper came after they left the ‘Tributes Day’ held by the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, in honour of the late Sir Olaniwun Ajayi, an Afenifere chieftain, at his Isara-Remo home.

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Akande in company with the governors of Oyo and Osun states, Abiola Ajimobi and Rauf Aregbesola, visited the Ogun State Government House, Abeokuta and held a closed-door meeting with the Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun.

As reported by Punch Newspaper, the meeting, which lasted for one hour, was not unconnected with the crisis rocking the APC.

Emerging from the Government House, both Akande and Ajimobi, while fielding questions from journalists, however, denied that there was crisis in the APC.

When asked by journalists on the alleged rift among  some leaders in the party, Akande merely replied, “There is no crisis in the party, we are one.”

Ajimobi also said the party was crisis-free.

When asked  why he was not at the APC governorship rally in Ondo State, Ajimobi simply replied, “Some of us were out of the country. Me, for example, I was in China.”

There was however a mild drama shortly after the closed- door meeting,  as Aregbesola  walked out on journalists who tried to get his comment.

The Untold Hidden Agenda Of Yoruba Governors' Meeting At Ibadan Yesterday

Cold calculations bordering on concerns over alleged northern plot to dominate the Southwest ahead 2019 polls might just be the real reason governors from the region gathered in Ibadan on Monday.

Arising from a meeting that saw all but one of the six Southwest governors in attendance, Ripples Nigeria gathered that the helmsmen resolved to build stronger economic ties to stave off crisis of underdevelopment and growth in the region.

Cached as an ‘economic forum,’ the meeting via a communique read by Governor Ayo Fayose said, “All states, including Ekiti, have subscribed to and agreed that regional integration is the best way forward. We must do everything humanly possible not to go back on our resolves. It is forward for the people and for the Yoruba race.”

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Sources close to organizers of the meeting, however, note that there was much more to the gathering and that the forum only provided a canopy to weigh in on political developments in the region.

The flurry of activities, it is noted, may not be unconnected with permutations for the 2019 elections which may see incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari run again for office. Presidency officials almost gave away the President’s hidden agenda on Monday when one of his top media aides, Shehu Garba, alluded to sufficient goodwill as basis for Buhari to eye the polls in 2019.

Outside the confines of the meeting, the Southwest governors are said to have expressed serious concerns over attempts by the Presidency to rubbish select Yoruba elders and enthrone younger politicians in the bid to secure a foothold in the region.

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Ripples Nigeria learnt that the matter of Buhari-Tinubu face-off was extensively discussed with agreements reached not to allow celebrated leaders of the region to be rubbished. While the forum conceded that members could have different political leanings, it, therefore, resolved to stave off external forces threatening to harm the ‘Omoluabi’ kindred spirit.

Governor Ayo Fayose whose State, Ekiti, is billed to host the next meeting, and who is a strident critic of Buhari, revealed that the region was perfecting plans to implement the Development Agenda of Western Nigeria (DAWN Commission).

Though details of this are still sketchy, insiders say concerns were expressed that much of what was being proposed for the funding of the North East Development Commission ( about 3% of VAT earnings over a 10-year period ) would be drawn largely from the Southwest economy, especially Lagos.

The unspoken resolutions at the Ibadan gathering, critics note, is that the Southwest region will resist any and every attempt to further subjugate it politically and economically. How far the handshake in Ibadan is sustained will surely determine how trade-offs ahead 2019 polls will play out.

Present in Ibadan were governors Ayo Fayose (Ekiti), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Rauf Aregbesola (Osun) and Rotimi Adelola (Secretary to Government, Ondo) who represented governor Olusegun Mimiko.

This article first published by Ripples Nigeria

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Ondo Election Conundrum: Aggrieved Mimiko, Akeredolu Strikes Deal In Secret Meeting With Okorocha, Plots Tinubu's AD Fall

Aggrieved incumbent governor of the state, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, is reported to be holding talks with the candidate of the APC, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, ThisDay Newspaper reports

Mimiko and his preferred choice, Prof. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), have been having a running legal battle with businessman Jimoh Ibrahim over the ticket of the PDP. Mimiko has reportedly told the PDP supporters not to join the Alliance for Democracy (AD) if the legal fireworks did not favour Jegede before the November 26 governorship election.

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It was learnt that in order to firm up the arrangement, Mimiko held a preliminary meeting with the Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum and Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha on Tuesday.

The meeting, which had the APC candidate, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), in attendance, took place at the Akure Airport.

Although no firm commitment was reached, Mimiko assured the duo of Okorocha and Akeredolu that if after the court processes Jegede did not fly, he would deploy his forces to back the APC candidate, source close to the Ondo State governor confided in our source

Said a Mimiko source: “It is true they met but not as people are speculating that Mr. Governor has already committed himself to the Akeredolu project. We are still confident we will win the mandate back. But if at the end of the day because of lack of time it happens that Jegede cannot fly, we have been told what to do.

“The governor and even those of us supporting Jegede believe that it is an insult for Tinubu to come from Lagos and install Iroko’s successor. It is an aberration we will fight, so rather than allow that, Iroko will be the one to swing support for Akeredolu to win because Ondo State belongs to us.”

2019: The Tinubus, S'West PDP Groups In London Secret Meeting, Atiku Joins The Realignment Forces Too

New Telegraph - The crisis within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may have prompted some of the party’s chieftains in the South-West to commence a realignment with their kinsmen in the opposition parties, especially the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ahead of the 2019 elections.

New Telegraph learnt from multiple sources that the alignment moves were at different stages with diverse groups, particularly those who are not pleased with the APC-led Federal Government.

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Although a cold war had ensued among the various blocs in the APC immediately after the victory of the party at the 2015 general elections, the relative peace finally got ruptured after the party’s primaries for the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State.

The party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s scathing attack on the National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, whom he accused of taking side with the eventual candidate of the party, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, against his anointed, Mr. Segun Abraham, brought to fore, the party’s wide gulf.

On the other hand, the developments in the Ondo State chapter of the PDP, where Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), the candidate of Governor Olusegun Mimiko, is currently battling for the ticket with businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim of the Senator Ali Modu Sherrif ’s faction has alerted some party leaders in the zone of a possible plan of political annihilation from some Abuja-based political Turks. Relating the sequence of event to New Telegraph, a source who craved for anonymity said:

“The game has changed and the Northern bloc in the APC appears to have drawn the line against the South-West bloc, hence the need for a fresh move for realignment ahead of the 2019 polls. “It’s nothing new.

The South-West leaders and some governors in the zone from the party are the ones at the forefront of the budding coalition. Don’t forget that South- West is always progressive in nature and this new alignment is aimed at two sets of people; the former allies of Tinubu like the Afenifere bloc and some willing members of the opposition parties, who are ready to key into the process.

“Several accords have been reached and by the time the new path is unveiled, many will be shocked. Two governors in the South-West are involved. In fact, one of them met with the Afenifere recently.”

Choosing to keep mute on whether the alignment would lead to the formation of new party, the source said: “When we get to the bridge, we will cross it, but I don’t think Tinubu’s meeting with Pa Ayo Adebanjo and other Afenifere leaders was on how to form a new party, but on the need to collapse all structures into one for the South-West to speak with one voice.

“We were used and dumped by the Northern bloc of the APC loyal to Mr. President, but we have decided to take the bull by the horn and damn the attendant consequences.

Interestingly, we have the deep sympathy of the people and that is a big factor in the game of politics.” Several meetings have been held between members of the various political divides in the zone.

Though their outcomes were not made public, they point towards the realignment move. Among such meetings were those between Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola and his Ekiti State counterpart, Ayodele Fayose.

The former is a loyalist of Tinubu, while the latter is a known critic of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Some Afenifere leaders led by Adebanjo have also met with Tinubu.

New Telegraph also learnt of another meeting between some chieftains of the PDP and the Tinubu bloc for a possible alliance. A chieftain of the party in South-West, who confirmed the meeting, however, refused to give details.

The meeting is said to have held in London. A PDP source disclosed that some APC members in South-West, who feel marginalised in the party, want to pull out.

“The truth of the matter is that certain sections of PDP want to pull out and merge with some aggrieved members of APC. A meeting was held in London apart from several meetings here in Nigeria,” he said.

He added that the picture of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Governors Aregbesola and Fayose at the airport, which appeared in most national papers last week, was not by accident.

The source recalled that Fayose and Aregbesola have been exchanging visits for some time, adding “but let’s see what this turns out to.” It was further gathered that the Ahmed Makarfiled faction of the PDP had been ready for the alliance months back, but for some leaders of the party who would not want the name of the party to be changed.

“They are against the formation of an entirely new party. They are also saying that leaving the PDP now is not the best option,” the source stated. He said the decision arose following the consistent frustration in resolving the PDP leadership crisis, which started last May. “We know all along that there is external influence in what is happening in our party.

Sheriff is work-ing for the APC to destroy PDP. They are the ones sponsoring him. That is why some people want the formation of a new party. But there are others, who are not in support. That is where we are now,” he added.

While the various camps have maintained sealed lips on the matter, an insider source told our correspondent that “Tinubu’s bloc is presently receiving overtures from some gladiators in the South-East comprising PDP and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) chieftains.

This is aside some politicians, who are believed to be out-of-touch in matters concerning the party.” Speaking on the development, the Lagos State chairman of the APC, Otunba Henry Ajomale, told New Telegraph that there was nothing wrong in Tinubu’s bloc aligning with other forces for the progress of the South- West. His words:

“There is no reason why we cannot have realignment of forces to become one and be like we used to be during the Action Group (AG) and the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) days.

“I don’t see anything bad in Tinubu seeing Papa Adebanjo, the late Olaniwun Ajayi and other Afenifere leaders and deciding at this time that enough is enough and that they must unite and come together like they were during the Unity Party of Nigeria and Alliance for Democracy (AD) days.”

Adebanjo, who confirmed the moves, also told New Telegraph that there is nothing wrong in Afenifere aligning with the Tinubu’s bloc ahead of the 2019 polls.

“Why not?” he retorted, adding, however, that, “It is not a question of working together; it is about those of them who walked away from those who put them in office for reasons best known to them.

They should think whether they have got the right thing where they went to or not. If they have hit the wall there, the common sense is for them to go back to where they left and we will welcome them. “In Yorubaland, no elderly man will send his bad son to the lion to be killed.

Tinubu has proved to be a disobedient boy; very stubborn. He has seen it now; then we say, he has behaved badly, but we won’t say because he has behaved badly, we will push him to the lion to be destroyed.”

But, former Minister of Transport and member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the PDP, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, played down the alignment plot

. “Let those behind the third force come out and announce a party. Political party is not easy to form.I am talking as an organisation man. Even if you have all the rich men of this world, it is not easy to run a political party.

So, we want to see how they want to do it to make themselves an effective third force. But as far as I am concerned, it is too late for me to start jumping ship,” he said.

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No Plan To Reintroduce School Fees In Osun Public Schools

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Tuesday denied reports his administration was planning to reintroduced payment of school fees in public primary and secondary schools in the state.

The governor said this while playing host to newly-elected executive members of the National Association of Osun State Students in Osogbo.

The state government was operating the free education policy in its public primary and secondary schools.

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Aregbesola said that education in the state still remained free, in spite the harsh economic condition facing the state and the country.

The governor said that qualitative and functional education, particularly at the lower level, was very important and must not be neglected and abandoned by any responsible government.

He said the state government would continue to give education priority, regardless of the shortage in allocation and the economic meltdown in the state.

The Deputy Gov., Mrs Titi Laoye-Tomori, who doubles as commissioner for education, said that on no account had government asked parents to pay fees for their children in public schools in the state.

Laoye-Tomori said that, the state government, in agreement with parents and guardians, only introduced a school infrastructural maintenance levy to ensure proper maintenance of all the newly-built schools in the state.

She said, “We did not also ask any of our pupils or students to pay tuition fees, as being speculated around the state.

“We have only directed that all the pupils in the Elementary Schools should pay N2000 in three tranches per annum.

“The pupils in this category will pay N1000 for the first term, and N500 each, for the second and third terms.

“For Middle School, they are to pay N3000 in three tranches, per annum.

“The students in this category will pay N1000 for each of the three terms, while High School students are to pay N6000 per annum at N2000 per term.

“This is not school fees but rather a maintenance levy because it is only introduced to pupils and students of our new schools, not those in the old schools.”

Earlier, the NAOSS National President, Comrade Oladejo Bashir, commended Governor Aregbesola for building sound minds through the provision of quality education.

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Furore In APC Over Ambassadorial Nominees; Gov., Leaders At War With Buhari As List Favours Only Tinubu, Kyari, Ooni Of Ife

New Telegraph - President Muhammadu Buhari has incurred the wrath of leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the choice of nominees for non-career ambassadors. Most of the 23 APC governors are angry because their candidates for the ambassadorial posts were rejected by the Presidency.

It was learnt that Vice- President Yemi Osinbajo was given only one out of the 46 ambassadorial slots submitted to the Senate for confirmation last week.Governors, APC leaders and ministers, who are party leaders in many states, especially where the governing party is not in control, were sidelined in the appointments. Senate President, Bukola Saraki, was this time lucky as the president conceded one of the two ambassadorial nominees – Prof. Mohammed G. Yisa – from Kwara State, to him.

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New Telegraph learnt that the Chief of Staff to the president, Mallam Abba Kyari and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, played prominent role in the selection process. Even the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, was said to have no input in the list of the nominees.

A source said that Onyeama cannot complain because the president’s chief of staff facilitated his appointment as minister. Kyari and Onyeama are friends and classmates at Cambridge. Onyeama was Kyari’s best man at his wedding. One of the APC governors lamented that the president failed to carry party leaders along in his appointment.

“The appointment of the ambassadors is a continuation of the policy to sideline the governors. When the minister from my state was picked, I was not consulted.And when it is time for the ambassadorial appointment, they did not consider my nominee. This is a party we all worked to build.

I have spoken to quite a number of my colleague governors, it is the same thing. “To us, we believe the president has his own game plan. I’m sure he is building a separate structure for himself. When you sideline governors and party leaders in appointments, then it means you are up to something.

I can tell you conveniently that most of the party leaders, especially governors, are not happy with the president over his choice of appointment,” a governor told New Telegraph at the weekend. 

A cross section of party leaders told New Telegraph at the weekend that the president is treating them like outcasts in the party when it comes to appointments.

A member of the APC National Working Committee (NWC) told this newspaper that he was shocked with the list of ambassadorial nominees. “Initially I thought my governor nominated the representative from my state. But I was shocked when the governor called me to inquire if I did the nomination.

I told him I knew nothing about the ambassadorial nominee. He was shocked. The governor told me that his nominee too was rejected. So, this is the situation we have found ourselves,” the NWC member told New Telegraph last night. Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State confirmed the frustration of APC members over the appointment made so far by the president.

“Most members of the party feel that they have not been carried along. I know that many of them are complaining every day,” Okorocha stated in an interview with journalists last week Sunday. The ambassadorial appointment is next to that of ministers in order of importance. Buhari, last week, sent 46 names to the Senate for confirmation as ambassadors.

The president had set three criteria to be met before getting the ambassadorial appointment, especially that the nominees must be people who have sacrificed for the APC: those who contested and lost in the 2015 elections; people who lost in party primaries, but didn’t leave the party and worked for the party; and leading members of the governing party.

New Telegraph learnt that most of the state governors and party leaders had no input as to who represent their respective states on the foreign mission. The source added that in instances where governors and party leaders were asked to submit nominees, their lists were not considered.

A governor who is very close to the president was so angry immediately the list was made public such that he had to meet the president in Abuja, where he reportedly told him that APC is losing its goodwill. “One of the governors, a close confidant of the president, had to rush to Abuja at the weekend to meet the president immediately the list was made public.

The governor told the president that the party stakeholders are not happy with the list of nominees for non-career ambassadors. The two-term governor said APC is losing goodwill with the decision of the president to sideline governors and party leaders in his appointments. “At a point, the governor asked the president: who are his foot soldiers?

The question became necessary when those who are in control of party structures are not considered in appointments,” a source told New Telegraph. A former minister of defence, who supported the president’s election, was also disappointed that his nominee for one of the North-East states was rejected.

One of the North-West governors told this newspaper that he had no input in the two nominees from his state. “Well, I know one of the nominees, but the second nominee is unknown to the state. We know that the two nominees from my state are candidates of the Presidency. So, we are not bothered.

It is very unfortunate that a party that we laboured to build is treating its leaders like this. We are watching. It is the same story across the party,” the governor said. Impeccable sources told New Telegraph that the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the choice of nominees for non-career ambassadors.

Most of the 23 APC governors are angry because their candidates for the ambassadorial posts were rejected by the Presidency. It was learnt that Vice- President Yemi Osinbajo was given only one out of the 46 ambassadorial slots submitted to the Senate for confirmation last week. Governors, APC leaders and ministers, who are party leaders in many states, especially where the governing party is not in control, were sidelined in the appointments.

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, was this time lucky as the president conceded one of the two ambassadorial nominees – Prof. Mohammed G. Yisa – from Kwara State, to him. New Telegraph learnt that the Chief of Staff to the president, Mallam Abba Kyari and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, played prominent role in the selection process. Even the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, was said to have no input in the list of the nominees.

A source said that Onyeama cannot complain because the president’s chief of staff facilitated his appointment as minister. Kyari and Onyeama are friends and classmates at Cambridge. Onyeama was Kyari’s best man at his wedding. One of the APC governors lamented that the president failed to carry party leaders along in his appointment.

“The appointment of the ambassadors is a continuation of the policy to sideline the governors. When the minister from my state was picked, I was not consulted. And when it is time for the ambassadorial appointment, they did not consider my nominee. This is a party we all worked to build.

I have spoken to quite a number of my colleague governors, it is the same thing. “To us, we believe the president has his own game plan. I’m sure he is building a separate structure for himself. When you sideline governors and party leaders in appointments, then it means you are up to something.

I can tell you conveniently that most of the party leaders, especially governors, are not happy with the president over his choice of appointment,” a governor told New Telegraph at the weekend. A cross section of party leaders told New Telegraph at the weekend that the president is treating them like outcasts in the party when it comes to appointments.

A member of the APC National Working Committee (NWC) told this newspaper that he was shocked with the list of ambassadorial nominees. “Initially I thought my governor nominated the representative from my state. But I was shocked when the governor called me to inquire if I did the nomination. I told him I knew nothing about the ambassadorial nominee.

He was shocked. The governor told me that his nominee too was rejected. So, this is the situation we have found ourselves,” the NWC member told New Telegraph last night. Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State confirmed the frustration of APC members over the appointment made so far by the president. “Most members of the party feel that they have not been carried along. I know that many of them are complaining every day,” Okorocha stated in an interview with journalists last week Sunday.

The ambassadorial appointment is next to that of ministers in order of importance. Buhari, last week, sent 46 names to the Senate for confirmation as ambassadors. The president had set three criteria to be met before getting the ambassadorial appointment, especially that the nominees must be people who have sacrificed for the APC: those who contested and lost in the 2015 elections; people who lost in party primaries, but didn’t leave the party and worked for the party; and leading members of the governing party.

New Telegraph learnt that most of the state governors and party leaders had no input as to who represent their respective states on the foreign mission. The source added that in instances where governors and party leaders were asked to submit nominees, their lists were not considered.

A governor who is very close to the president was so angry immediately the list was made public such that he had to meet the president in Abuja, where he reportedly told him that APC is losing its goodwill. “One of the governors, a close confidant of the president, had to rush to Abuja at the weekend to meet the president immediately the list was made public. The governor told the president that the party stakeholders are not happy with the list of nominees for non-career ambassadors.

The two-term governor said APC is losing goodwill with the decision of the president to sideline governors and party leaders in his appointments. “At a point, the governor asked the president: who are his foot soldiers? The question became necessary when those who are in control of party structures are not considered in appointments,” a source told New Telegraph.

A former minister of defence, who supported the president’s election, was also disappointed that his nominee for one of the North-East states was rejected. One of the North-West governors told this newspaper that he had no input in the two nominees from his state.

“Well, I know one of the nominees, but the second nominee is unknown to the state. We know that the two nominees from my state are candidates of the Presidency. So, we are not bothered. It is very unfortunate that a party that we laboured to build is treating its leaders like this. We are watching. It is the same story across the party,” the governor said.

Impeccable sources told New Telegraph that thefour APC governors in the South-West failed to have their nominees on the list. All of them submitted lists of nominees as required by the Presidency, but their candidates were rejected by the president. For instance, in Ogun, Governor Ibikunle Amosun could not secure a slot on the ambassadorial list as Vice-President Osinbajo was given the slot.

The vice president nominated his friend and classmate at Igbobi College, Lagos, Ade Asekun. In Oyo, Governor Abiola Ajimobi failed to have his nominee on the ambassadorial list.

Maj.-Gen. Ashimiyu A. Olaniyi (rtd) was picked instead of his nominee. Unlike Amosun who was able to nominate the minister from his state, Ajimobi lost out both in ministerial and ambassadorial appointments. It was the same situation in Osun State, as Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s nominee, Senator Mudasiru Hussein, did not make the list.

Instead, Adegboyega A. Ogunwusi, an elder brother to Ooni of Ife, was nominated. Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s bid to have Prof. Julius Ihonvbere as Edo State nominee could not fly as the president opted for Uyagwe Igbe. In Lagos, the president nominated two of the three nominees from the state.

New Telegraph learnt that the president personally requested for former Supreme Court justice, Justice George Adesola Oguntade and Senator Olorunnibe Mamora. Mamora was the Deputy Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council and his appointment was long overdue.

On the choice of Justice Oguntade, Buhari nominated him because of his forthrightness, especially based on the minority judgement he gave in his (president’s) favour in 2008. When Buhari challenged the result of the 2007 presidential election up to the Supreme Court, the apex court upheld the election of Umaru Yar’Adua by 6-1. Justice Oguntade gave the minority judgement in favour of Buhari. Oguntade’s name was also on the list submitted by APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Mrs. Modupe Irele is also one of Tinubu’s nominees.

In Ekiti, APC members are angry over the choice of Ayodele I. Ayodeji. The nominee retired last year after 35 years in the Foreign Service. He is the immediate past Ambassador to Greece. APC members in the state are angry that the likes of former Governor Adeniyi Adebayo and Senator Olu Adetunbi were rejected in preference for Ayodeji.

“We worked for APC and it is very unfortunate that someone that is unknown to us is the ambassadorial nominee. So, what is the benefit of working for the party? Is it that people like Otunba Niyi Adebayo, Prof. Modupe Adelabu and Senator Olu Adetunbi are not qualified enough to represent the state? This is very unfortunate. The party members in Ekiti State are really disappointed,” one of the party leaders in the state told New Telegraph.

Source: New Telegraph

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