By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA — A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and member of the Tinubu–Shettima Presidential Marketing campaign Council, Dr Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, has referred to as on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the APC Nationwide Chairman, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, to urgently wade into what he described because the widening divisions throughout the social gathering in Zamfara State.
Shinkafi mentioned rising tensions amongst key stakeholders within the state had been threatening the APC’s cohesion forward of the 2027 normal elections, warning that until the management promotes dialogue and reconciliation, the social gathering dangers repeating the errors that value it energy in 2023.
In an announcement he personally signed on behalf of the Patriots for the Development of Peace and Social Improvement, Shinkafi appealed to social gathering leaders in any respect ranges, together with the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, to place apart private rivalries and work in direction of uniting the APC’s fractured base.
“It will be significant for all leaders, together with former governors and serving ministers, to return collectively and rebuild the APC in Zamfara. We want cooperation, not competitors, if the social gathering is to maneuver ahead,” Shinkafi mentioned.
He cautioned that inner rivalries and factionalism might as soon as once more hand victory to the opposition if left unresolved.
“A home divided in opposition to itself can’t stand. We should cease the cycle of inner rivalry and deal with rebuilding belief amongst our members,” he mentioned firmly.
The previous Nationwide Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) noticed that the Zamfara APC had been stricken by deep-seated inner wrangling since shedding the 2023 governorship election to the Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP).
In keeping with him, political blocs loyal to varied energy brokers; together with Hon. Aminu Sani Jaji, Senator Kabiru Marafa, and a number of other former governors, had been working in isolation as a substitute of pulling collectively to strengthen the social gathering’s grassroots buildings.
“Zamfara APC has many skilled leaders who’ve sacrificed for the social gathering. We must always channel that have into peacebuilding, not rivalry,” Shinkafi famous.
He revealed that he had intentionally stepped again from some political actions in a bid to ease tensions and permit room for real reconciliation.
“I selected to step again from sure engagements in order that tempers might cool. My principal curiosity is peace and the unity of the social gathering in Zamfara,” he mentioned.
To enrich this effort, Shinkafi disclosed that he just lately launched a brand new grassroots platform referred to as the Wamban Shinkafi Democratic Entrance, geared toward selling dialogue, political participation, and youth mobilisation throughout Zamfara’s 14 native authorities areas.
The motion, he defined, seeks to assist the APC’s rebuilding course of and encourage larger involvement of younger folks in governance.
Reaffirming his loyalty to the ruling social gathering and his assist for President Tinubu’s administration, Shinkafi expressed optimism that with sincerity, inclusiveness, and collective duty, the APC might bounce again stronger earlier than the following election cycle.
“I stay a dedicated member of the APC. My enchantment is for reconciliation and collective duty in order that Zamfara can once more change into a successful state for our social gathering,” he mentioned.
He additional urged each nationwide and state leaders to work collectively in restoring concord and public confidence within the APC’s management.
“That is the time to rebuild bridges and deal with service to the folks. If we work collectively and forgive previous grievances, victory will come naturally,” he suggested.
Shinkafi lastly appealed to President Tinubu and Prof Yilwatda to provoke a structured peace course of that might carry all main stakeholders within the Zamfara APC underneath one umbrella of belief and mutual respect.
“What Zamfara APC wants now’s reconciliation constructed on equity, dialogue, and mutual respect. That’s the surest path to stability and success within the subsequent elections,” he added.
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