The National Vice Chairman, North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman has demanded the immediate removal of the national chairman of APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and the Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore.
The party chieftain in a statement issued Tuesday said that it would be difficult to reform the ruling party with Adamu as Chairman and Omisore as Secretary.
To this end, he called on President Bola Tinubu to direct Adamu and Omisore to fast track organising midterm convention of the party where a new leadership would emerge.
Lukman added that organising a midterm convention has become necessary and compelling to correct the problem of having reactionaries and conservatives leaders such as Adamu and Omisore leading the party.
He noted that Tinubu’s government will lack the needed political legitimacy to win the support of Nigerians especially when it comes to implementing difficult policy choices, as long as the APC is allowed to continue to operate a closed structure, blocking its organs from functioning.
The party chieftain pointed out that progressive government managed by a progressive party must seek to change this through citizens’ engagement.
Lukman stressed that while difficult decisions must be taken to effectively resolve the challenges facing the nation, however, in taking those difficult decisions, it would be much easier to implement when government was able to win the support of Nigerians through engagements with organised groups.
He said: “To achieve that would also demand more focus in reforming the APC as a political party, which may have to compel President Tinubu to ask the APC leadership to organise mid-term National Convention earlier than schedule.
“Some of the changes, for instance, required to bring about new leadership who could lead the party to achieve its vision of being a progressive party can only be decided by the National Convention.
“If, for instance, the party wants to correct the problem of having reactionaries and conservative leaders such as Sen. Adamu and Sen. Omisore leading the party, organising a mid-term convention is necessary and compelling.
“The earlier this is done, the better for the young government of President Tinubu especially if he wants to run a progressive federal government, one that can guarantee the participation by Nigerians represented by their organised groups in his government as provided by the 1999 Nigerian constitution as amended.”