Bolaji Abdullahi, a former
National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced
his resignation from President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment.
The former minister confirmed
this on his Twitter page on Friday.
He wrote: “Following my
resignation as National Publicity Secretary of APC and my decision to quit the
party, I announced to the board this morning that I have resigned my
appointment as Chairman, Nigeria Sugar Development Council.”
Bolaji Abdullahi officially quit
the ruling party on Wednesday.
A statement he signed read: “In
view of recent political developments in the country and within the All
Progressives Congress (APC), I have decided to resign my position as the
National Publicity Secretary as well as my membership of the party with effect from
today.
“In the last few days, I have had
to endure the flagrant usurpation of my role as the spokesman of the party in a
manner that I consider unbefitting of a ruling party and inconsistent with my
ethical standards.
“I have served the APC honestly
and to the best of my ability and when I stood for and won my election at the
last convention, it was a keen desire to continue to do so. However, in a
situation whereby my loyalty is constantly brought into question; my
subordinates deployed to subvert my office; and my views constantly
second-guessed on the basis of my political affiliation, it has become
imperative for me to review my position.
“Since assuming office as the
spokesman of the party, I have tried to set a new template for public political
communications in a way that departs from the vulgar abuse and verbal
aggression of the recent past, where cheap lies and crude propaganda were
normalised as politics, and even celebrated as measures of competence.
Unfortunately, those who felt I was not “forceful enough” framed my ethical
disposition as evidence of a lack of commitment to the party.
“The unlawful dissolution of the
validly elected party executive in Kwara State earlier in the week was only
another phase in the unrelenting assault I have had to endure. As a national
officer of the party, who sit in that Committee, courtesy should demand that my
views be sought on a matter that concerns my State and in which I am directly
involved. That action was, to say the least, disrespectful.
“Quite recently, we all took the
oath to do justice to all and not allow personal interests to interfere with
our official responsibilities.
“With this obviously presumptuous
action, and the decision to appoint as chairman of caretaker committee, the
same man who had emerged as the chairman from the parallel congress in my
State, the NWC has taken sides, violated its oath office and subverted its own
credibility as an impartial arbiter. Yet, these are the same people that have
continued to insinuate that others are serving interests other than those of
the party.
“Politics is local, and my
personal stake in the issue of Kwara makes it incongruous for me to continue to
sit as part of the working committee of the party. Clearly, I cannot continue
to function as the spokesman of a party whose expectations of that role is
incompatible with my personal principles.
“In the same token, I can no
longer justify to myself that I should remain in a party which has now made it
clear to the world that the political group that I belong is no longer wanted,
and which has hung my membership of that group as an albatross around my neck.
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