The Kwara State chapter of the All
Progressives Congress has expressed concern over the non-representation of
Kwara State in the Peoples Democratic Party’s run Federal Executive Council
long after the exit of the former Sports Minister and Chairman of the National
Sports Commission, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi.
The APC in a statement in Ilorin,
Kwara State on Friday by its Publicity Secretary, Sulyman Buhari noted that it
was a contravention of the 1999 Constitution and the principle of equity and
fairness, stressing that the rudderless Kwara PDP is so inept and unconcerned
by the glaring injustice the PDP-controlled Federal Government is foisting on
Kwara State, yet it aspires to govern the state.
“Before anyone will accuse us of
meddling in a PDP affair, it is important to emphasise that the issue at stake
is about the protection of the interest of Kwara State,” he said.
“It is about ensuring equity and fair
representation of our dear state in the Federal Executive Council.
“More disturbing is that PDP
leadership in Kwara that finds equal representation a herculean task held a
N5billion fund raising in Abuja towards the 2015 elections in Abuja on Tuesday.
“This to us is a show of desperation
and blatant lust for power despite the glaring nonchalance towards the interest
of Kwarans.
“With the PDP fundraising ceremony
held in Abuja, the party is indeed an Abuja party for Abuja politicians. It has
simply lost the sympathy it enjoyed from the people of Kwara State as Kwarans
are now well informed of the level of disdain the party has for them.
“No amount of external aggression can
arrest the level of harmony and peaceful co-existence currently enjoyed by the
good people of Kwara State,” concluded the statement.