Tinubu Bans Ajomale , Others From Seeking Re-election
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Tuesday announced a ban of members who had spent a minimum of eight years as ward, council and state executive members from seeking re-election in its May congresses.
Tinubu announced the ban at the Ikeja Secretariat of the party while addressing party members at a stakeholders meeting.
He said the decision was to allow fresh people to occupy party offices at ward, local government and state levels, saying the party has been positioned to move to the next level.
If the pronouncement of the National leader of the party is anything to rely upon, the chairman of the party in the state, Chief Henry Ajomale who had led the chapter since when the party was Alliance Democracy (AD) till now that is APC had been banned from seeking re-election.
Speaking at the meeting Tinubu said, “We fought hard against tenure elongation and now we are going to have our congresses.
“Some of you who have spent two, three, four terms as ward, local government and state executive members, it is time to go.
“We thank you, we appreciate you. But we want you to step aside. It is time for those who have been crawling for years to walk. It is time for the youths to take over.
“I mean if you have spent eight years, twelve years, you have tried. You should give us chance, let us now have new people .”
He said party executive members who had only spent one term were free to seek re-election provided they did not have records of misconduct in office.
Tinubu commended the affected long -serving officers of the party, saying they contributed immensely to the successes of the party in the state.
In a swift reaction, APC Chairman Lagos State, Otunba Henry Ajomale described the decision to ban long-serving party officers as a welcome development, saying the decision would allow young bloods to take over the party leadership at all levels in the state.
Ajomale said he was fulfilled having piloted the affairs of the party to several electoral victories in the state.
“It is a good decision that people who have been in the executive for more than eight years to quit.
“I mean, if you have spent more than eight years as party executive, you should have done whatever you need to do. People like us have been around since the AD days to now that we are APC, so it is time to move on. I am fulfilled as I have done my best for the party , “he said.
