Some chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, have started voicing their frustrations at President Muhammadu Buhari’s retention of the political office holders appointed by his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, who they noted are members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
While calling for their sack, the APC leaders insisted that Jonathan’s appointees be replaced by members of the ruling party who labored and spent their money for the victory of the the opposition party in the last elections.
A chieftain of the party noted that it was as if Buhari was rewarding members of the PDP and punishing those of his party, amidst wide-spread feelings that the President was not even helping the party with funds.
This particular APC chieftain in Lagos anonymously told The Punch that they had not benefited anything from Buhari since he took over power eight months ago.
He said, “President Buhari took over on May 29, 2015 and has not rewarded APC members. Most of the heads of departments and agencies are members of the PDP who worked for Jonathan. For example, Onyeka Onwenu is still the Director-General of the National Women Centre while Mike Omeri is still the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency.
“A former Special Adviser to Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ima Niboro, is still the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria while Mr. Sola Omole is still the Director-General of the Nigeria Television Authority.
“There are almost 100 ambassadorial positions that are supposed to have been filled but these people are still occupying the offices. We are not asking for security or sensitive positions but all these appointments I mentioned are not statutory but merely political.
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