There have been ripples over the reported advocacy by the national chairman of the ruling APC, Abdulahi Ganduje, for an automatic ticket for members of the party in the National Assembly. Some governors are already said to be opposed to the idea.
However, chairman of the APC Governor’s Forum, Hope Uzodima was quoted to have accepted the proposal by his party’s national chairman, according to his chief press secretary, Oguwike Nwachuku.
TNN learnt that whereas the APC leadership has been favourably disposed to an automatic ticket for its National Assembly members, as a way of fostering a stronger relationship with the president, ahed of the general election.
But some governors are said to be opposed to the arrangement because the automatic ticket would sweep the carpet of authority and influence off their feet.
The opposition from some of the governors is said to have informed a rebuttal by the party’s spokesman, Felix Morka, on Tuesday, even though the statement was not signed.
Chairman of the governor’s forum has however, indicated the willingness to abide by the party’s position on the matter. Nwachuku, sin talking ab out Uzodima’s favourable disposition to the automatic ticket proposal, had however said his boss was only speaking for himself.
Ganduje, at the gathering of party leaders from the North Central geopolitical zone, where they endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term, had said that “we should continue to thank our legislators for their support… why are we having high turnover of our legislators after four years? Can that encourage institutional memory? If we cannot do it by law, we can do it by advocacy.”
“So, it is the responsibility of the party to dialogue with the leadership of the National Assembly so that those legislators who are very active, who are movers, to see how they(APC National Assembly members) can come back.”
