Bolaji Abdullahi |
The former National Publicity Secretary of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Bolaji Abdullahi has announced his resignation from President
Muhammadu Buhari’s board appointment.
The former minister confirmed this on his Twitter page on Friday.
He wrote: “Following my resignation as National Publicity Secretary
of APC and my decision to quit the party, I announced to the board this
morning that I have resigned my appointment as Chairman, Nigeria Sugar
Development Council.”
Bolaji Abdullahi officially quit the ruling party on Wednesday.
A statement he signed read: “In view of recent political developments
in the country and within the All Progressives Congress (APC), I have
decided to resign my position as the National Publicity Secretary as
well as my membership of the party with effect from today.
“In the last few days, I have had to endure the flagrant usurpation
of my role as the spokesman of the party in a manner that I consider
unbefitting of a ruling party and inconsistent with my ethical
standards
“I have served the APC honestly and to the best of my ability and
when I stood for and won my election at the last convention, it was a
keen desire to continue to do so. However, in a situation whereby my
loyalty is constantly brought into question; my subordinates deployed to
subvert my office; and my views constantly second-guessed on the basis
of my political affiliation, it has become imperative for me to review
my position.
“Since assuming office as the spokesman of the party, I have tried to
set a new template for public political communications in a way that
departs from the vulgar abuse and verbal aggression of the recent past,
where cheap lies and crude propaganda were normalised as politics, and
even celebrated as measures of competence. Unfortunately, those who felt
I was not “forceful enough” framed my ethical disposition as evidence
of a lack of commitment to the party.
“The unlawful dissolution of the validly elected party executive in
Kwara State earlier in the week was only another phase in the
unrelenting assault I have had to endure. As a national officer of the
party, who sit in that Committee, courtesy should demand that my views
be sought on a matter that concerns my State and in which I am directly
involved. That action was, to say the least, disrespectful.
“Quite recently, we all took the oath to do justice to all and not
allow personal interests to interfere with our official
responsibilities.
“With this obviously presumptuous action, and the decision to appoint
as chairman of caretaker committee, the same man who had emerged as the
chairman from the parallel congress in my State, the NWC has taken
sides, violated its oath office and subverted its own credibility as an
impartial arbiter. Yet, these are the same people that have continued to
insinuate that others are serving interests other than those of the
party.
“Politics is local, and my personal stake in the issue of Kwara makes
it incongruous for me to continue to sit as part of the working
committee of the party. Clearly, I cannot continue to function as the
spokesman of a party whose expectations of that role is incompatible
with my personal principles.
“In the same token, I can no longer justify to myself that I should
remain in a party which has now made it clear to the world that the
political group that I belong is no longer wanted, and which has hung my
membership of that group as an albatross around my neck.
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