eniola.bellothisdaylive.com 0805 500 1956 By Eniola bello After many years of planning, moving, manoeuvring, building alliances and waiting, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu last Monday transited to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
After many years of planning, moving, manoeuvring, building alliances and waiting, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu last Monday transited to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, following his victory in the February 25th presidential election. On the road to that electoral victory, Tinubu fought many bruising political battles.
The party leadership, in managing the situation, promised to take another look and appealed for calm. But that calm has been like the silence of the graveyard. Mostly. Some of the senators and House members who have a problem with the party’s zoning arrangement have refused to be quiet. They have refused to be zoned out and have vowed to pursue their aspirations irrespective of the party’s decision. Foremost among these is Senator-elect Abdulaziz Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State.
The Yari camp, however, have a counter argument. They say religion should have no bearing in the election of principal officials of the National Assembly. That what is important is the provision of the Constitution directing members to elect their own leaders. They think it is hypocritical for those who did not see religious balancing as an issue while picking a running mate to now use religion as a weapon to deny others their right to pursue their ambitions.
This inability to consult, the propensity to take unilateral decision seems to be Adamu’s style. Indeed, when immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari apparently wanted Senate President Ahmad Lawan as APC presidential candidate, Adamu, with magisterial authority, declared Lawan as the party’s consensus candidate. He made the declaration without necessarily carrying out consultations with other presidential aspirants or state governors or National Assembly members or other party leaders.
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