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APC New Secretariat And The Need To Foster Unity Within The Fold



Recently the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC unveiled its new party secretariat in Port Harcourt the Rivers State Capital. The Commissioning which was witnessed by an array of party faithful across the state signified the preparedness of the party to take over from what Sen. Magnus Ngei Abe who commissioned the Secretariat described as the contraption in the Rivers state government House.

The fact that the who is who in the fold of the All Progressives Congress APC graced the occasion is not actually the news. What came as the take home message that day for everybody present and those that followed up the news is the way and manner the governorship faithful in the state under the party Magnus Abe showed maturity in urging all the members of the party in the state to come together as one in the bid to take over the state. The senator representing Rivers West in the Senate did not toe the line of other politicians who would have resorted to name calling and raining abuses on people who did not share their views on the party structure in the state.

I had followed the social media and witnessed commendations upon commendations that greeted the call of the former Secretary of the Rivers State government that the party stay united in the task ahead. One vociferous critic of the Senator had posted that ‘’this man has humbled me with the maturity of his address to members of our party... I am forced to do a rethink on my stand against him’’. My good friend is not the only one on the boat. A lot of people who joined the party out of genuine mission to effect positive change in the state also bought into the patriotic call for unity in the party.

What a lot of people who have taken sides in the perceived factionalisation of the party in the state fail to understand is that legally, as it stands today, the Peter Odike led Executive of the part in the state remains the platform to rally round in other to ensure that the success of the party which we crave for and whic is on course, is achieved. So far, the Odike group has shown maturity in its dealings despite the unprovoked physical and propaganda attacks against it. This is what democracy stands for and it is for this reason that decent people that have flocked into the party in droves have continued to identify with the EXCO.

Atavistic politicians have described politics as a do or die affair. Something which some modern day politicians have regrettably resorted to in their bid to grab power at all cost. But as the world is moving away from such crude political tactics, is it good that we as a people should resort to such crude methods? The answer is definitely no. It is for this reason that I am reiterating the patriotic call of the only APC member that has shown the stealth of character to declare his ambition to run for the state’s Brick House open while others are still waiting for the go ahead that we rally round the party and its leadership and support the best candidate to win the election.

We acknowledge the fact that Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is the leader of the party. He has done so much to position the party but having sacrificed the way he has done we also advise that he does the needful by ensuring that legality and legitimacy is not sacrificed in the cause of determining the emergence of someone he has anointed on his own. This is democracy and we must not take the power of the people for granted. Rivers people as it is today are determined to change the contraption in Brick House Port Harcourt but we can only achieve this by coming to the table with one accord and doing things in a rational and civilised manner.

The re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari and the taking over of the Rivers state government House should be paramount and we must do all we can to win it by supporting the efforts of the National Chairman of the Party Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Already with the mass defections into the APC from the PDP in the state especially the impending defection of the Senator representing Rivers West, the State Governor is tensed and the best way to give him the much needed technical knockout will be to support the Odike led EXCO in the state and also support the emergence of Sen. Magnus Abe as the flag bearer of the party come 2019. He is tested and trusted and has shown that he has the maturity, charisma and requisite character to lead the state irrespective of party divide or ethnic affiliations. He also has the political experience to lead a multi ethnic state like Rivers State to greater heights. These are indices which should be considered and as we do so, we must continue to show restraint despite provocations and hope that God only can give power and not man.

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