BY: OKEKE RUPHINA A.
FPO/HND/MC/015/149
The reigning word in Nigeria politics today IS restructuring
of the country. While some people are of
the opinion that Nigeria needs true federalism, others say the country needs
fiscal federalism. But, for me as a concern daughter of Anambra State, I stand
for the restructuring of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) ahead of
next year’s gubernatorial election in the state and 2019 general elections.
This is a call borne out of a desire to ensure that Anambra
State under APGA does not rescind back from its emerging glory. The kind of
restructuring needed is two types; one is that APGA should be restructured.
Secondly, the state cabinet as overseen by Governor Willie Obiano should be reshuffled to include
those who worked hard towards the governor’s election rather than what we have
today where the cabinet is a reflection of those I prefer to refer to as
‘foreigners’. This set of people were
not part of the people to worked to bring Obiano in during the 2013 elections.
The cabinet should be restructured because right from the time
of Obi to the present government, the state has remained unique. Like people
who have different political interests, Anambra was the base of APGA in the
same way Alliance For Democracy, (AD) – which metamorphosed to Action Congress
(AC) and later Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), which served the South West
before it coalesced with Congress For Progressive Change (CPC) and other
political parties to form what we have at the centre as All Progressives
Congress (APC).
I feel the same transition should take place in APGA. The
party should be repositioned to a wholly national party by opening it up for a
fresh membership drive that would incorporate Nigerians from the six
geo-political zones. It can retain its original name or change to a new one.
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