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Kano APC crisis: G-7 rejects reconciliation proposal 

Kano APC crisis: G-7 rejects reconciliation proposal 

The Group-7 faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State has dismissed the template issued by the party’s national chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee as ‘unacceptable’.

The group, which has been at loggerhead with another faction of the party led by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, said the template did not consider specific requests of the two warring factions in its proposal.

It said the template sent by the party’s national working committee has been construed by the Ganduje faction as implying that the party has been submitted to the governor.

A letter sent to the national chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee  signed by all the seven members of the group read in part that “In the circumstances therefore, we are constrained to notify you Sir, that the entirety of the content of your letter is totally unacceptable to us.”

The group lamented that the letter from the party had already infiltrated the social media before it got to it, indicating that the state government was intent on promoting the impression that the party had been surrendered to it.

NigerinSketch reported earlier that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has issued template to harmonise the party structure in Kano State.

This was with a view to resolve the lingering leadership crisis in the state party structure.

APC in Kano presently parades two chairmen; one supported by the state governor and the other supported by the Group 7, led by Senator Ibrahim Shekarau.

The crisis has taken the party to court where the Group 7 faction seems to be having upper hands.

But the APC at the national level has waded into the crisis, trying to reconcile the two factions and resolve the disagreements.

A letter addressed to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje by the APC national chairman of the caretaker/extraordinary convention planning committee, Mai Mala Buni, and signed by his chief of staff, Abdullahi Gashua, on Monday read in part that “Hon. Mai Mala Buni decided to wade in, to restore sanity and bring back unity of purpose and re-enact the eroded trust among the APC members, Kano state family.

“With the support of capable and tested hands, the reconciliation committee headed by Gov. Buni, sat with leading lights of the two sides.

“And painstakingly examined all issues raised which bothered mainly on exclusion.

“That, Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje is the undisputed APC leader in Kano state, and as the leader, he is encouraged to demonstrate leadership to accommodating key stakeholders.

“That none of the two sides can have 100 per cent of its demands and that you cannot lack what you give, you only lack what you keep,” it said.

The letter further gave terms of reference of the caucus formation at local government and state levels.

“Each local government caucus will meet and come up with a proposed structure for all wards and local government.

“The proposed structure will be forwarded to the Joint National/State Committee for final vetting or amendment, as the case may be,” it said.

It noted that all caucus were restricted to only their local government areas.

According to the letter, the caucus shall have the following as members, serving senators and House of Reps Members from the local government, if any.

Others were serving members of state assembly, serving chairman and his deputy and commissioner.

The rest were special advisers from the area and one woman to be nominated by the governor in consultation with Sen. Shekarau.

The letter indicated that the National/State Joint Committee reserves the right to adopt or amend any proposal submitted to it by the local government caucus.

“The National/State Joint Supervisory Committee members were Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau, Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, Hon. Yakubu Dogara and Sen. Abba Ali.

“The committee will sit in Kano and will have seven days within which to complete and submit its report.

“The state supervisory committee is to be headed by Gov. Ganduje who is the party leader and will be assisted by Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau,” the letter indicated.

 

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Faruk Khalil
Faruk Khalilhttps://nigeriansketch.com/
Khalil Faruk (Deputy Editor-in-Chief), has a Bachelors and Master's degree in Political Science and has worked as a reporter, features editor and Deputy Editor-in-Chief respectively in a leading Nigerian daily. He has undergone trainings in journalism, photo journalism and online journalism within and outside Nigeria.

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