A
coalition of youths in the 19 Northern states under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Youths (CNY) at the
weekend issued a seven-day ultimatum to the
leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) revise the purported suspension of the acting Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr.
Timi Frank, or risk the withdrawal of its support.
A
statement signed by the Chairman of the CYN, Ibrahim Gambo and
the Secretary, Mustafa Aliyu, said: “The
coalition believes the best time for President Buhari to intervene is now as
the crisis has all it takes to derail
his administration and any gain the APC as a party might have made since its
victory at the polls.”
The
CYN maintained that the suspension is not welcome at this critical moment that
President Buhari need the support of all stakeholders to achieved his agenda
for the country in the face of the prevailing economic crunch being experienced
by Nigerians.
“This
is also as the youths believe that the treatment of Timi Frank shows that they
are not wanted in the party.
“The
chairman of the party, instead of a bridge- builder, has become the main
problem of the party, causing division instead of using his experience and
fatherly disposition to bring members together.
“It
is also pertinent to note that the leadership of the party has not been fair to
Timi Frank who should by virtue of his position and the constitution be the
National Publicity Secretary after Lai Mohammad was appointed a minister.
“Instead
there were subtle move to sideline the young man and bring another person in
his place a development we the youths, as stakeholders in the party are not
comfortable with,” the statement said.
The
statement further maintained that “From
all indications, we are of the firm believe that the treatment being
meted out to Frank is because he is a young man among elders like Oyegun. This
is why we are saying that he must be protected by youths except if the elders
are saying the party belongs to elders only.
“We
are calling on the chairman to immediately
come out and tell Nigerians why the APC National Executive Committee
(NEC) did not assign Frank his legitimate office since the office became vacant,”
the statement said.
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