Dr. Kayode Fayemi, former Gov. of Ekiti, and past Chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum, has said that the ruling party should be the proper channel for feedback and not allow the president to rely on the presidential villa mechanism.
“This party leader should be the one that tells our president that this is the feedback from the communities and constituency 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,” the former governor said.
Fayemi reiterated that the author deeply cares about the party, and he should be seen as the conscience of the party.
“He is an individual of his own conviction. Why do you think he has to listen to me or Nasir El Rufai in order to form an opinion? As a matter of fact, he criticises both of us more than you know because he feels that we are too quiet, and we don’t fight the way we should.
“Every progressive party always has people like him and the only way to give credit to such people is to continue to regard them as the conscience of our party.
“If there is anybody who can be described as the conscience of the All Progressives Congress and progressive politics in Nigeria today, more than any of us is Salihu Mohammed Lukman,” he said.
Book to stimulate debate on APC
In his brief remarks, Lukman said the book was written to stimulate debate on the future of the party.
Some of the people at the event include the former Interim National Chairman of the APC, Bisi Akande, who was the chairman of the event, the National Secretary of the APC, Ajibola Bashiru, who reviewed the book and others.
