How Lukman’s exit compounds APC Governors’ muddle

Peoples Democratic Party , are pointers to the stunted growth of the country’s party’s system.

As an analyst observed, the former DG was “on top of policy matters; he articulated and shaped thinking of the party bureaucracy. I think it’s not a plus to exit him, but a huge minus for a party and stakeholders that are stuck in old ways.” Prior to his appointment as DG of the forum, not much influence or publicity was given to the body. The creation of the directorate and the appointment of Lukman, as the head turned things around fast. The PGF, therefore, became an easy go-to place to glean information about the PGF, APC and activities of the governors.

From the vantage position of his office as DG of the APC governors’ forum, the Kaduna State-born politician could distil information and release impactful statements that read either as the position of the governors or the cry of a reformist interested in enhancing the democratic profile of the party.

In a push back, Ogala ordered Lukman to “stop dabbling into party issues” that are beyond him, stressing that his positions on the APC party flow from ignorance. In a statement, condemning the delay tactics by the Mai Mala Buni-led CECPC, Lukman recalled how the inspiration to set up the CECPC came from President Buhari, based on the popular expectation to halt drift in the party.

For the greater part of Monday, January 17, when news of his resignation circulated in Abuja, Lukman’s phones remained switched off. As it was, Lukman’s pressure had paid off: the CECPC announced February 26 as convention date, even as internal schemes trailing the new Electoral Act amendment bill, which approves consensus method of nominating candidates, continued.

He recalled how from the build-up to the 2019 elections, internal contests in APC began to degenerate, adding, “Some leaders became intolerant and conducted themselves almost as tyrants, while every campaign to get the leadership of the party to commence the process of internal reform was resisted. “With these words, he encouraged me to continue with my campaign, which is what the party needs. He declared his support to all decisions of President Buhari to ensure that APC convention holds in February 2022.”

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