A former National Vice Chairman, North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman, has called on the leaders of the party to provide support for President Bola Tinubu to help him succeed in his fight against corruption.
Lukman in a statement issued Tuesday said it was a bold move by the President that gave a notion that it would no longer be ‘business as usual.’
He stressed that the inability to regulate the conduct of public officials by political parties was at the root of the problem facing democracy in Nigeria, which, he said, strengthened prebendal politics.
Lukman noted: ““As loyal members of APC, the disposition will be to confidently engage both President Asiwaju Tinubu and all leaders of the party so that new chapter in the fight against corruption is opened, such that APC and all its organs are activated to be functional and strengthened to regulate the conducts of all public officials.”
The party chieftain added that APC leaders must rise to this challenge and provide the required support to ensure that Nigerian democracy overcome its prebendal orientation to become both responsive and representative of the wider interests of Nigerians.
Lukman added: “As a party, APC must turn a new leaf in Nigerian democracy by doing everything necessary to ensure that the government of President Asiwaju Tinubu succeeds.
“Nigerian politics must be about meeting the expectations of citizens based on which elected leaders make every sacrifice to justify the votes of Nigerians!
“The big consolation is that President Asiwaju Tinubu has decisively intervened, first with the suspension of the Minister, Dr. Betta Edu, then followed by suspending implementation of all social investment programmes and full-scale investigation of activities of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. Will these produce a new beginning in the fight against corruption in the country? Or will it be another moonlighting providing escape routes for all those accused of corruption with another inconclusive outcome?”