Tinubu praises Buhari for steering APC back to legality
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while it would have been easy to allow the ill-conceived motion of 27 february to stand president buhari showed principle and courage by steering the party back to its original and correct path1 the all progressives congress national leader asiwaju bola ahmed tinubu on tuesday applauded president muhammadu buhari for steering the party back to the correct path after the president in a surprising announcement ruled against elongation of the tenure of the apc national working committee nwc 1 president muhammadu buhari had earlier on tuesday advised the party to dump the elongation of the tenure of national and state executive officers of the all progressives congress apc1 he told the national executive committee meeting of the party in abuja on tuesday that he had sought advice on the elongation and had come to the conclusion that it was unconstitutional1 the apc at its nec meeting on feb. 27 decided to extend the tenure of members of national working committee nwc led by john odigie-oyegun by one year1 in his reaction tinubu said president buharis action saves the party from serious legal turmoil1 if the elongations were deemed illegal then all subsequent party actions including the nomination of all of our candidates for elective offices might also be of questionable legality1 such a predicament would constitute an unnecessary and mortal blow to the party and its role in promoting progressive governance to nigeria1 moreover president buhari has affirmed for all to see that our party is one based on the rule of law coupled with a firm adherence to internal democracy1 tinubu heaped praises on the president in a statement released by tinubus media officer mr tunde rahman in lagos1 according to him the president has spoken1 today is a good day for those who cherish democracy and legality1 his action will also serve to strengthen the party by allowing party members including present incumbents to seek to contribute to the party by vying for executive offices as they see fit1 his action will go far in advancing the process of internal reconciliation that is now underway he said1 tinubu said it was time for the party to move forward and begin to plan and organise the needed congresses according to the existing timetables1 after all a party bearing the name all progressives congress should be the last party to resist holding congresses in which all its people have a fair say and fair chance to aspire to any position in the party for which they are qualified to hold1 again this is a good day for the apc and democratic practice in nigeria1 we shun the politics of old to move toward a new and better way of governing ourselves and this nation he said1