A former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has charged the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, not to fail in his duty to tell President Bola Tinubu the truth at all times.
The former APC presidential aspirant argued that it is sometimes difficult for occupiers of the presidential villa and other public holders to know the true mood of Nigerians because they are often surrounded by praise singers.
Fayemi spoke at the public presentation of a book titled, ‘APC and transition politics’ in Abuja.
“The party leader should be the one to tell our President this is the feedback from the communities and constituencies out there. Not what he is hearing in the villa where he is locked out.
“All of us who hold public offices know how it can be. This book (APC and Transition Politics) should be a compulsory read for members of the National Working Committee at the national, state, local government and ward levels so that we can begin the rebuilding process of this organic party,” he said.
Continuing, Fayemi, a former chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, described the author, Salihu Lukman, as one of the most misunderstood party members, lamenting that he was always blamed every time the political activist got on the nerves of any governor during his time as Director-General of the forum.
According to him, those who are familiar with the erstwhile national vice chairman of APC for North West know that he has always been a ‘radical from his students union days.’
He however made a case for him saying such political characters are needed in every progressive platform to act as the conscience of the party.
