The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has been served a “two weeks ultimatum to resign or face mass action.”
This ultimatum was delivered on Friday in Abuja by an APC support group known as the All Progressives Congress, Youth Solidarity Network (APC-YSN), which alleged that Nentawe “has failed the leadership test in all ramifications.”
According to a statement from the group’s National Coordinator, Comrade Danesi Momoh Prince, the group asserts that under Nentawe’s Chairmanship, the APC’s “popularity continue to vanish on daily basis.”
The statement further claims that this declining popularity is “making the reelection bid of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu more difficult.”
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The APC group said: “Nentawe boasts that more governors are joining the APC, which is adding to its popularity. But the truth is, if governors defection to the APC makes it more popular, why is he refusing and blocking his own Governor, Caleb from joining the party?
“Nentawe has criticised his governor, the man who defeated him in the 2023 governorship elections as having no political value and therefore should not be allowed to join the APC. The actions of the National Chairman have exposed the danger of assembling governors without electoral value. But in truth, there is no governor in Nigeria today who does not have electoral value.
“Therefore, for the National Chairman of the ruling party to think so, he does not understand the political terrain of Nigeria and should be relieved immediately. In fact, he is still largely a political neophyte for kind of heavy political responsibilities on the shoulders of a Chairman of the ruling party.
“It is obvious that Nentawe has no charisma, capacity and the clout to command respect even among party members. Since his assumption of office, the National Secretary, Senator Surajudeen Ajibola Bashiru has been the one in charge of the party’s affairs. The National Secretary spearheaded the mismanaged Ekiti State APC Governorship Primaries, which now leaves a big vacuum, calling for immediate reconciliation if the party must retain its relevance in the State.
“In recent times, the National Chairman has not been able to distinguish between a former exco and the current exco of the party. He entertains garbage and does not have the capacity to instil discipline in the party. He has become an ‘oh yes’ Chairman, lacking completely in proper direction.”
The group further said: “Since his emergence as the National Chairman, Nentawe has neglected the staff of the party, especially the junior staff, who he has deliberately refused to acknowledge in terms of welfare and working relationship. We have it on good authority that any moment from now, the Party junior staff may stage protest demanding his removal over their welfare.
“Nigeria is surrounded by its enemies and we must not give any room for further protests, specially the ones we could avoid. The party under Nentawe is silent in terms of mobilisation of support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his administration. Solidarity is dead in the party and the hitherto growing popularity of the party among millions of everyday party footsoldiers is now declining on a daily basis.
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