Ministerial Seat may tear APC Apart in Kwara as crisis looms
There are strong indications that ministerial
seat may tear APC apart in Kwara state if urgent steps are not taking to
address the issue now.
It was learnt also that the euphoria that greeted the victorious
edging out of the Saraki dominance of Kwara State politics may be short-lived
if the leadership of the APC at the national level fails to decide a looming
crisis. 

Reliable source unfolded that demand
by members of the party from the Kwara North senatorial district for adequate
reward, fairness and equity in sharing of party positions may pitch the state
governor against the immediate past Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, believed to be one of the architects of APC victory in the state
in 2019 general election.
Obviously dissatisfied by the present
configuration of party positions in the state, members from the north
senatorial district are clamouring for ministerial position currently enjoyed
by Lai Mohammed who is from Kwara South.
Driving home the demand, it was reliably
informed that members of APC Kwara North has petitioned President Muhammadu
Buhari to give the only ministerial slot for Kwara State in the composition of
his new cabinet to the senatorial district.
They
also said that this will place the district on the National Working Committee
(NWC) of the party and sources alleged that the State governor bought into the
demand of Kwara North which has not filled any notable position in the present
configuration in the state.
The governor, it was learnt, is supporting
Kwara North demand to pacify the Director General of his campaign outfit
(AACO), Alhaji Muhammed Kudu, who is from the north senatorial district and one
of the major champions of the course.
But
a Government House source said that the governor was sincere in his approach to
the issue because as the leader of the party in the state, he wants every
senatorial district to be represented in the affairs of the party. However, the
Lai Mohammed’s camp was said to have deemed the step taken by members from the
north senatorial district as been influenced by the state governor, Abdulrahman
Abdulrazaq.
A
close associate of the former Information minister said: “The minister, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, has laboured greatly for President Buhari’s government, defending
the administration at any given opportunity, so he deserves another term as a
minister.
“Also, if you consider his efforts in
delivering Kwara State to APC in the last election, you will agree that he
deserves to have the ministerial slot for Kwara again. He said the state
governor should talk to party members from the north senatorial district to
accept other juicy positions available for Kwara at the federal level and not do
anything that will rock the peace of APC in the state. “The ministerial slot is
not the only position that Kwara State will be entitled to.
There is ambassadorial slot, board
appointment positions in Federal Government agencies and parastatals. So, why should
it be this particular position being held by Alhaji Lai Mohammed?”, he said
while charging party members across senatorial districts to maintain peace. He
added: “It is in atmosphere of peace that the APC government in our state can
thrive and give dividends of democracy to all of us.
But
many Nigerians who commented on the issue on condition of anonymity throw their
weight behind the need to appoint another person from Kwara North senatorial
district for justice, equity and fairness, pointing out that Alhaji Lai
Mohammed did not forget anything in the Federal Executive Council. The people advised
him to use the benefits he acquired to develop himself because there are other
people in the state so that the dividends of democracy will go round.
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