Following what they perceived as discrimination against them by the national leadership, the 19 northern state chapters of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), have threatened to form a splinter faction of the party if the current trend was not addressed.
it was gathered that the decision by the northern chapters of the party was not unconnected with the recent exit of former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa from the party based on similar reasons.
The state chairmen of the party who met over the weekend expressed sadness over how the national leadership of the party sidelines them in some major decisions as well as starving them of funds to run the secretariats. They also described as undemocratic a situation whereby they are not consulted to make inputs that affects the party, even when they constitute the highest voting power.
A chieftain of the party, who spoke to us on this matter and didn’t want his name mentioned, said the decision to form a faction within the ACN was borne out of the fact that the northern state chapters of the party were being schemed out of major activities carried out by the national leadership.
He said, “ACN is not owned by one person or zone, if it is regarded as a national party, the conduct and activities of members should exemplify such.”
But in a situation whereby a particular zone or individual tries to hijack the party or dictate the policies or programmes, such will spell doom for the party.
Although Bafarawa held a meeting with the northern state chairmen of the party, the former presidential candidate of Democratic People’s Party did not disclose the party he was decamping to, just as this medium gathered that he may likely form a new party which he intends to woo the aggrieved ACN members.
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