According to the ruling All Progressives Congress, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian People’s Party may not have received a position in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet due to the ongoing attacks in Kano State on the reputation of the party’s National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje.
There were rumours that Kwankwaso might be appointed to a position in Tinubu’s administration prior to the announcement of his ministerial candidates. This was in light of their friendship following the presidential election.
However, Nyesom Wike of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party received a spot on Tinubu’s list of ministerial nominees, while Kwankwaso, the former governor of Rivers State, was left off.
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In an interview with our correspondent on Sunday, the APC’s director of publicity, Bala Ibrahim, said he thought Governor Abba Yusuf of the NNPP and Kwankwaso’s political godson were to blame for Tinubu’s decision not to nominate Kwankwaso for a ministerial position.
Ibrahim said, “Kwankwaso is a force to reckon with in the politics of Kano. But the way and manner his Kwankwasiyya movement goes about conducting itself has made the support for Kwankwaso to wane gradually. This is because of the brigandage the movement is bringing into the politics of Kano, and by extension, Nigeria.
“The President must have felt the pulse of the public and weighed the relevance and implementation of his policies, particularly his effort to win the hearts of Kano people. There is no way you will dismiss the political maturity, sagacity and experience of Dr Abdullahi Ganduje when it comes to the way he plays politics in Kano.
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“If you weigh the two on a good calibrated scale, the political weight of Ganduje is by far higher than that of Kwankwaso. I believe the President must have listened to people who will give him honest and sincere advice, people who read the political temperature of the state very well, not those who are misguided by the hullabaloo of commotion caused by the brigandage of the Kwankwasiyya movement. It is that direction I think the President took the decision not to treat Ganduje lightly.”
However, the Kwankwaso camp criticised the APC for attempting to tarnish its leader.
Major Agbo, the NNPP’s national publicity secretary, told our correspondent that the APC wasn’t deserving of a retort.
Agbo said, “Some of these issues are things the party is not supposed to be reacting to now. He (Kwankwaso) has spoken directly on the issue you talked about. He is the one who opted out. What else do you want?
“If Ganduje is saying what he is saying and wants to continue to be behaving like a garrison commander, it is his business, not ours.”
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