Caucus of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change within the ruling All Progressives Congress, has called on President Bola Tinubu to do the needful by including some of their members in his government.
According to the Daily Post, the defunct CPC National Youth Leader, Mallam Abubakar Maikudi, who congratulated the newly inaugurated ministers of the current administration of President Tinubu, made the call via a statement on Thursday.
Maikudi claimed that many leaders of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, in which Tinubu was a leader, were made ministers and given top board appointments during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who was a CPC leader.
The CPC Chieftain, however, demanded that it be expected that Tinubu would do the same by carrying along the leaders of the defunct CPC in his administration.
“We acknowledge that they are all competent hands with rich qualifications and extensive experience. We believe that they will assist the president in pushing policies and leading reforms that will take Nigeria to greater heights. They should justify the trust the president has placed in them.
“We recall that Mr President, who was of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) bloc, played very crucial roles together with former President Muhammadu Buhari of our own defunct CPC bloc in birthing the APC, which defeated the then-incumbent PDP in an unprecedented election in the history of Nigeria.
“Even though we have merged into APC, the various interests we represented before the merger are clear. As an experienced politician, we believe President Bola Ahmed Tinubu knows that politics involves satisfying all interests.
“A lot of defunct ACN leaders were made ministers and given top board appointments during the administration of PMB. It is therefore expected that the administration of BAT will do the same by carrying along leaders of the defunct CPC in his administration.
“We have competent members both in the North and South whom the President can take up for appointments.
“We mobilised heavily for President Tinubu during the elections. Our belief in his capacity was not in doubt.
“We therefore want to join his team to bring renewed hope to Nigerians. We recall that the President promised to run an inclusive administration,” he said.
