Chief Ken Nnamani
2023: Why Enugu APC must be rejigged – Nnamani
[From CHINEDU NWAFOR, Abakaliki]
Member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Committee, representing the South-East zone, Senator Ken Nnamani, said the Enugu Chapter of the party would only begin to count its success when it starts to win elections in the state.
Nnamani said that the party would no longer be left in the hands of those that would abuse party faithful and stakeholders in the media.
He further condemned the action of some former leaders of the party in the State who purportedly sworn-in ward executive members two days after the congress, without authorization.
He said, “The party is growing in the State, but its success depends on winning elections. People were afraid of the leadership. I feel ashamed of being in a party that does not win elections. That is why we want to rejig the party to bring in leaders who will not use it for business.
“However, we are beginning to see a new horizon and determined to do something differently with the new leadership we now have. The national caretaker committee of the party did not authorise any chapter to swear in anybody. The purported swearing in was done out of indiscipline and we ridiculed ourselves.”
On his part, the Chairman of the appeal committee, Mr Bernard Mikko, said that the purported swearing-in of the ward executive members did not follow due process and was done out of mischief, though said the national leadership of the party had forgiven those that were behind the act.
“We are not just here to look into grievances that arose from the ward congress, but also to purify the ‘sinners’ in Enugu APC. We must continue to forgive one another. The national caretaker committee encouraged consensus. We are here for those people who feel otherwise,” he said.
Remarking, the acting Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party in the state, Mr Chikwado Chukwunta, said that they were happy that the appeal committee came to address them, adding that some members of the party were creating disunity so as to continue to use the party for personal gains.
“They did it in 2015 and 2019 which made us to fail. They are planning it again against 2023. I am happy that the genuine leaders and major stakeholders of the party in the state are in support of the change of leadership,” he said.
