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Why We Killed 'Illegal' Tenure Elongation For Oyegun, Others - Gov. Ganduje Opens Up

Why We Killed 'Illegal' Tenure Elongation For Oyegun, Others - Gov. Ganduje Opens Up

Gov. Ganduje

Influential politician and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Governor Ganduje, has opened up on why he joined forces to kill the illegal tenure elongation of Oyegun and other APC leaders.

While speaking at an interactive session with select journalists in Abuja yesterday, Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, explained why he joined other party members to frustrate the bid by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and other party leaders to elongate their tenure.

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According to The Nation, he said they were against the tenure elongation idea because it would affect the fortunes of the party and portray it as undemocratic.

The influential politician disclosed further that those of them who were not in support of the idea had managed to convince the governors in favour of it to jettison it and embrace an elective convention where new leaders will emerge.

Ganduje also declared his intention to seek re-election as Kano State governor in 2019, adding that the state has concluded plans to drag President Muhammadu Buhari to court if he fails to seek re-election for a second term.

The governor said the contentious tenure elongation issue would be resolved at the party’s NEC meeting scheduled for Monday where a committee would be put in place to conduct congresses to elect leaders at all levels.

He said that the few APC governors who were campaigning for tenure elongation, which he described as “illegal”, had been convinced to see reasons why it should not be.

Ganduje also revealed that Monday’s NEC meeting was expected to decide on the date and time table for congresses and convention of the party, which will bring in a new set of leaders at all levels.

“Yes, there was controversy on this, even though we were able to lay it to rest yesterday,” he said.

“But let me tell you the issues involved: those who are advocating for tenure elongation are advocating on the premise that when we hold congresses and convention, according to their own perception, there will be a lot of problems and that problem will linger into election period.

“Well, that is a perception. It could be that way, and it could be that some people wanted to retain power. Therefore, that reason is biased. However, I don’t belong to that school of thought.

“The constitution of our party has made a provision for four years, and at the end of it, we have to hold congresses and convention. The constitution of Nigeria has also provided for that, so we have no reason whatsoever.

“If you are saying that there would be some problems, problems are part of ingredients of politics. There is no way you can practice democracy in a developing country without having some problems.

“There must be problems. There must be divergent views and disagreements. There will never be a time that things will be 100 per cent normal. So even if there is a problem, that is part of democracy, and we will be able to move forward.

“So, for those who thought they would be able to continue, we said no, and I think Mr. President finally hit the nail on the head by saying that he is not in favour of any tenure elongation.

“Tenure elongation is undemocratic. It may lead us to litigation, which will not be good for the party.

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“We are happy that we have convinced the few governors who were for elongation, and on Monday, we hope to have our NEC meeting where the previous decision will be reversed, and by then, the timetable will be out for congresses at the ward level, congress at local government level, congress at the state level and finally convention at the national level.

“I think that is the situation, and I am happy to say that the chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum issued a statement, the chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum also issued a statement and the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Oyegun, made a statement as well to say that all is well.”

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