APC Fumes Over Buhari’s Lopsided Appointment; Vows To Curb PMB’s Excesses

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has vowed to henceforth participate more actively in subsequent appointments to be made by President Muhammadu Buhari and ensure that the principle of party supremacy prevails.


The national chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun who made this known yesterday in an interview with ThisDay stressed that although the party was “marginally involved” in the president’s recent appointments, it was his prerogative to appoint his personal staff

Reacting to the widespread ill will generated by the appointments, Oyegun said, “It is too early and superficial to say the appointments were lopsided; it is too early. We are just a little over two months into the government. The appointments made so far are personal staff members of the president. And it is his prerogative to make those appointments.”
He then stressed that: “Even though we were marginally involved in those appointments, the party will henceforth be fully involved in the subsequent appointments; that is where the supremacy of the party will come to bear. Nigerians should exercise a little patience. There will be board appointments, ministerial positions and a lot of others positions

APC Cannot Win Ekiti Even If Tinubu Becomes INEC Chairman – Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose on Sunday boasted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, can never win elections in the state.

He also took a swipe at the party’s national leader, Bola Tinubu.

“Even if Tinubu becomes the INEC chairman, they will lose in Ekiti, because they are not on ground here”, Fayose said via his Twitter account @GovAyoFayose.

According to him, Ekiti was gone for good from the hands of APC.

In a series of tweet, he re-echoed his preference for former President Goodluck Jonathan to win a second term, saying the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari was “the will of God”.

Excerpts from his tweets:

 “Elections have come and gone and, as I always say, President Muhammadu Buhari is the president of Nigeria, not by his own grace.

“I wanted Jonathan but God has given it to Buhari and so, we all have to submit to the will of God.

“So, I have congratulated Buhari; I wish him success and a good tenure.

“However, that does not remove the fact that if he (Buhari) is not doing it rightly we will not state our mind.

• “It is a free society; there is no almighty governor; there is no almighty president. We are all governed by civility and by the constitution”.

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APC wants NNPC probed over $1.2 billion withdrawal

 
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has renewed its call on the Federal Government to probe the whereabouts of the dividends paid to the NNPC by the NLNG, as well as the taxes paid to the FIRS Federation Account prior to the latest payment in June 2015.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the call has become more urgent against the backdrop of published reports that the NNPC has withdrawn $1.2 billion from banks so it could place the money with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).


It said the move by the NNPC is a panic reaction to the expose by the party (APC) that over $4 billion dollars are missing in past dividends paid to the NNPC by the NLNG.

”Whereas NLNG’s dividends are paid to NNPC’s account with JP Morgan, from where they are supposed to be paid into the Federation Account in accordance with the law, some unscrupulous officials of the corporation have apparently been moving such funds to local banks so they can collect huge commissions on them.

”Now that the cat has been let out of the bag, they have started moving the funds from the banks to the CBN. We believe what we are seeing now is just a tip of the iceberg, hence the need for the authorities to call the NNPC officials to give accounts of the paid NLNG dividends to date,” APC said.

The party said any delay in calling the officials to account for the dividends may give them enough time to cover their tracks, in addition to the dangers posed to the banks – and by extension the economy – by the sudden withdrawal of such a huge fund from the NNPC accounts with them.

”The top officials officials of the NNPC and others who met on Monday and decided to withdraw the $1.2 billion from the corporation’s account to the CBN must be asked a number of questions, including their motive for the decision and the whereabouts of the commissions paid on such funds,” it said.

APC insisted that despite the attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of Nigerians, the FG must remain undaunted in unraveling what happened to the dividends as well as previous taxes paid by the NLNG, as part of ongoing efforts to plug all financial leakages, ensure the payment into the Federation Account of all relevant funds and stop the looting of the treasury by unscrupulous public officials who have opted to
abuse their office.

”It is not by accident that until the advent of the Buhari Administration that has decided to enthrone transparency in governance, no one has heard anything about NLNG dividends and taxes, while the funds therefrom have not been shared as they should have been. This is not right.

”A situation in which funds meant for all Nigerians are eaten up by a few will no longer be tolerated. Those who are opposed to the efforts by the Buhari Administration to clear the rot left behind by the past government and restore transparency to the system are enemies of Nigeria,” the party said.