APC CHAIRMAN LOBBY OVER APPOINTMENT

A report by MASS WATCH indicates that state chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked to be carried along in the appointment of ministers. According to the report, the party leaders made their position known at a recent meeting with the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) held in Abuja. They said they were not carried along when the immediate past ministers were appointed in 2015, adding that the situation was responsible for the inability of the ex-cabinet members to deliver their wards during the last general elections. Consequently, they appealed to the NWC to inform the president that their inputs should be considered in the appointment of ministers from their respective state chapters. READ ALSO: Ignore fake Buhari ministerial lists circulating online - Presidency The state chairmen were said to have made a special case for states where the party lost at the governorship elections. A source quoted in the report said: “The president is not going waste time this period and he is not under pressure to make the list known. The man is taking his time to able to come up with competent party members. “He is not going to reward people with ministerial positions like former Congress for Progressive Change members, who were appointed and made little impact. He is going for quality hands, who would be chosen from the party. “To make that possible, state party chairmen at a meeting with the NWC in Abuja last two Thursdays, pleaded with the party leadership to carry them along in the appointment of ministers, especially in non-APC states. “They gave examples of states where cabinet members were appointed in 2015 without their contributions. The party chairmen want to be part of the process now. “Their belief is that if they are carried along, people, whose objectives are different from the president’s vision, would not be appointed. The NWC agreed that they would be carried along.” Meanwhile, the immediate past governor of Lagos state, Akinwumi Ambode is being considered for a “juicy” ministerial position. READ ALSO: Ministerial appointments: Osinbajo, Oshiomhole, El-Rufai allegedly helping to draft list According to highly placed sources, Buhari was not pleased with what how APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, treated Ambode in the run up to the primaries for the governorship candidate of the state. “He is unhappy because despite his intervention, Ambode was denied the second term ticket. It is because of this that he is considering compensating him,” a source said. Read more: MASS WATCH