The National Chairman of the ruling
All progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, is beginning to show sign of
willingness to take over the Nigerian Presidency from President Muhammadu
Buhari in order ‘to restore discipline’ in the federal government.
The APC
national chairman construes the Buhari administration as coordinating a federal
government where ministers do not have respect for the president. He admonished
that he would not tolerate same as APC leader.
Oshiomhole’s disposition was
pronounced in his order to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris
Ngige, mandating him to inaugurate the boards of agencies and parastatals under
his ministry or get suspended from the party and sacked from the federal
cabinet.
Ngige had on Wednesday after
the Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House dismissed Oshiomhole’s
threat on compliance with his order, insisting he is not afraid of suspension
from the party, with a caveat to the national chairman that they have already
formed the APC before he joined them.
The Minister said he had written to
the national chairman on why one of the four boards under his watch is yet to
be inaugurated while the other three had been inaugurated.
Ngige disclosed that he had
reconstituted three boards out of the four agencies and parastatals under his
ministry, but yet to constitute the board of NSITF because of cases of
financial malfeasance, which have put the agency under investigation by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
In the letter to Oshiomhole, Ngige
had stated: “Our National Chairman, I am in receipt of a letter referenced
APC/NHDQ/ GEN-S/28/018/003 dated July 11, 2018, which was sent from your office
and received by me on July 12, 2018.
“Ordinarily, I would not believe the
letter was from you except for the barrage of media statements that came before
I saw the letter. I read the contents of this letter with both amazement and
utter disbelief.”
Oshiomhole, perhaps, irked by the
minister’s response, reportedly vowed on Monday that the APC under his
leadership would not continue to tolerate ministers who abuse their office and
disrespect President Muhammadu Buhari by refusing to carry out his directives.
The APC national chairman,
accordingly, threatened Ngige that if he does not comply with the directive
within the stipulated time, he should watch if he will not be suspended from
the ruling party and thereafter, sacked from the federal cabine
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