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Power Game: How APC Govs Hijacked Buhari-tribune by handie(m): 6:56am On Aug 09, 2015 |
[b]Now to produce ministers, ambassadors[/b]THE power game between the political structures in the All Progressives Congress (APC) appears to have tilted in favour of the state governors, following the changing disposition of President Muhammadu Buhari towards the state helmsmen. Knowledgeable insiders in the APC told Sunday Tribune that the governors appeared to have won the heart of President Buhari lately and that the president had conceded to them the right to compile the list of prospective ministers and other appointees. President Buhari had initially rebuffed attempts by the governors to make inputs into his cabinet, as he told them at a meeting at the Defence House that it was not their business to name ministers for him since he would not also suggest commissioners for them. But recent rapport between the Presidency and the governors is changing that fast, said an APC insider last week. The insider told Sunday Tribune that Buhari had been told that the success or failure of the administration depended largely on the governors in the states and that he needed to empower them as appropriate. It was gathered that some senior members of the party had subtly rubbed the message in at some meetings with the president that he could not be blindfolded to party survival and that even if he was not interested in retaining power for more than four years, he should still help the party to retain power for as long as possible. A source said that the subtle advice was responsible for a U-turn by the president on the issue of bailout to the states and his decision to travel with them on his recent trips while sidelining members of the National Assembly. “The governors are winning. They have been told they can make inputs to the cabinet and they are actually preparing list of possible ministers and ambassadorial nominees,” a source said at the weekend. The source also stated that the decision to carry the party and the governors along in his decisions was responsible for the president’s U- turn on the issue of bailout to the states, as he was told that many APC states were owing salaries and that the PDP could easily capitalise on that to blackmail the party out of power in some of the states. It was gathered that a sign of Buhari’s renewed trust in the governors was also the decision to ensure that the resolution of the crisis in the National Assembly was handled by the governors. Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, resolved the crisis in the House of Representatives, while the two-man committee handling that of the Senate is made up of Governors Adams Oshiomhole of Edo and Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State. Sources in the party said that the decision to play it cool with the governors was a carryover of the practice under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who initially battled the governors, using federal lawmakers and ministers, but eventually realised the strategic position of governors to winning elections, which made him him to up jettison the federal lawmakers . Source: tribuneonlineng.com/power-game-how-apc-govs-hijacked-buhari |
Re: Power Game: How APC Govs Hijacked Buhari-tribune by sluk(m): 6:57am On Aug 09, 2015 |
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Re: Power Game: How APC Govs Hijacked Buhari-tribune by kelvyn7: 6:58am On Aug 09, 2015 |
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Re: Power Game: How APC Govs Hijacked Buhari-tribune by bewla(m): 7:24am On Aug 09, 2015 |
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Re: Power Game: How APC Govs Hijacked Buhari-tribune by jamesharryson(m): 7:39am On Aug 09, 2015 |
Story for the gods |
Re: Power Game: How APC Govs Hijacked Buhari-tribune by temitemi1(m): 7:44am On Aug 09, 2015 |
Buhari is just one of those politicians jarey... |
Re: Power Game: How APC Govs Hijacked Buhari-tribune by Ola17: 7:57am On Aug 09, 2015 |
Cool story |