Appointments: Delta APC Group Writes Buhari

A self-styled group, Delta APC Youth Leaders and Stakeholders Forum has send an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, alleging plot by some pro-PDP elements in the party to hijack sensitive appointive positions in the APC-led government.

The group, in a statement signed by its President, Comrade Timi Coleman, Secretary,  Yabrade Moses, Woman leader, Hon. Denyefa Akebofa, Spokesperson. Hon. Francis Garry among others on Monday, said that some persons who called core loyalists of the party unprintable names prior to 2015 and before 2019 general elections, are now parading themselves as friends of the government and seeking appointments into sensitive offices.

Urging Mr President to be wary of the so-called pro-PDP elements in the APC, the group appealed that core offices created to sustain peace in the Niger Delta should be manned by core APC sons and daughters from the Niger Delta.

Offices such as NDDC, NIMASA, MND, PAP etc; should be manned by faithful members of our party working in tandem with the visions of Mr. President to sustain peace in the Niger Delta, the group said.

“Again we appeal to Mr. President and the Vice President to consider the interest of APC faithfuls in as much as the interest of Nigeria and Nigerians is first, let it be known that Delta Ijaw APC faithfuls are equally Nigerians and shouldn’t suffer marginalization, neglect and worse treatment from our own APC led Federal Government we fought and bleed for; hence the anomalies should be corrected in this dispensation”.

In the letter, the group demanded that core and qualified Party (APC) members in the Niger Delta and the State concerned should have the right of first refusal into sensitive parastatals in the Niger Delta such as NDDC, MND, PAP, NIMASA etc.

The group also want thorough internal party screening, security screening investigations, and background check should be carried out on prospective appointees from their unit to Ward, to LGA and State levels.

“The social investment programmes and other federal government empowerment programmes should be anchored by APC stalwarts in States that do not have APC State governors; so as to avoid the opposition hijacking the processes to the detriment of APC faithful and still condemn the APC led government while collecting glories from her (APC) policies and programmes, the group also demanded.

The group in the letter also recommended: “State visits and functions to be carried out by the presidency or vice president should be anchored by APC stalwarts who will work with the respective state governors and also carry the APC faithful from that domain along so as to have a sense of belonging where party faithful are not carried along, they will become strangers in their own house.

“This should be immediately implement by the Vice President on his scheduled visit to Delta State this month of July, particularly to Gbaramatu Kingdom, the party fiathfuls in Gbaramatu Kingdom and environs should be carried along to create a sense of belonging and further strengthen the party in the area in particular and the State in general.

“Its also a known fact that no single Delta State Ijaw was appointed in your erstwhile tenure. We earnestly pray you correct the anomaly by appointing Delta State Ijaw man to handle the duo offices of NDDC chairman and PAP.

“And finally appointments, policies and programmes to be implemented in the Niger Delta, should be carried out in consultation with the party faithful at all levels concerned so as to ensure the effectiveness of such programmes, because saboteurs will be easily identified and blocked from assessing such events from the local level, this will bring about successes and smooth running of this administration policies in the Niger Delta”.