The recent appointment of one Mr. Henry Ogbulogo as a member of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) from Abia State is causing unrest in the Abia chapter of All Progressive Congress (APC).
Based on a press release which was made available to AFNEWS and signed by Abia APC Publicity Secretary, Comrade Benedict Godson, he described the appointment as a slap on the faces of committed APC members in Abia State who are qualified to occupy that position and have worked for the party.
READ FULL RELEASE:
PRESS RELEASE
Abia APC rejects Federal Character Commission (FCC) appointee
It is on record that Abia State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is the fastest growing state chapters of any national party in Nigeria.
Our growth is centred on strong leadership and ever dedicated and committed members who give their all for the betterment of the party, our state and the country at large.
As a party that is still growing and developing in Abia, our achievements so far can only be sustained by meritorious reward of the hard-working, eminently and academically qualified members of the party in every available appointments.
It will amount to a lose of opportunity and massive disservice to our committed and qualified loyal and committed members when an appointment meant for them are given to strangers who they never saw in the battlefield of campaigns and elections.
The recent appointment of one Mr. Henry Ogbulogo as a member of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) from Abia State, typifies a total disservice and blatant neglect of true and loyal APC members in Abia State.
Our President is a good man who appreciates hardworking people, but the reality is that some people must have done a recommendation with no sense of justice and merit, because the said person may have been an APC member only in his dreams.
Therefore, we want to use this medium to remind the National leadership of our great party and the presidency that appointments like this is a massive political loophole.
It’s an unceremonious burial for hard-work and party loyalty and it’s capable of weakening higher percentage of our members and reducing their morale and commitments towards party affairs.
It is tantamount to the indigenous English Parlance of “Monkey dey work, Baboon dey chop.” A party that won a Senatorial sit, two House of Representatives seats and two State Assembly seats ought not to have an appointee whose name sounds very strange among members in the state.
Should appointments like this stand, what will be the fate of our dear party come 2023? What level of motivation are we expected to give to all the strong, dedicated, educated, vastly experienced and loyal party men and women of Abia origin who believed and worked for APC in 2015 and 2019?
We humbly ask the National leadership of APC and the Presidency to kindly reconsider this appointment as one tantamount to shooting oneself on the leg.
As our neighbouring Imo is currently building a strong APC centred on dedicated members, we have to key in and join forces with them to take over Abia.
The reality is that if we really want a better and stronger party, we must not allow strangers who shy aware from work to get appointed into positions meant for party men. If this stands, hard-work, dedication and party loyalty will go oblivion.
We’re very sure that our party’s National leadership know the value of loyalty and very well appreciates the cost of betrayal. The feeling of our members in Abia is that this appointment is a total betrayal.
The appointee never worked with us, never fought with us and is not known by us. How come he is appointed in a position meant for a member of Abia APC?
Our message is very simple. The only way to save and keep APC strong is to appoint loyal, qualified and dedicated party men who love Abia and Nigeria. Anything contrary, we shall be playing into the hands of the opposition come 2023.
SIGNED
Comrade Benedict Godson
Abia APC Publicity Secretary
