The Benue branch of the All Progressives Congress’ Youth Development and Solidarity Forum (APC-YDSF) has urged President Bola Tinubu to appoint loyal people as ministers.
Chief Tobias Ogbe, President of the group, gave the advice at a press conference on Friday in Makurdi, adding that Chief Michael Achadu is one of the party’s major backbone in the state and deserves a nomination for ministerial appointment.
On or before July 28, 2023, President Tinubu is expected to send names of ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation.
According to the group’s president, Chief Michael Achadu’s nomination would establish the APC as a party that rewards loyalty, dedication, and commitment.
Ogbe stated that their preferred candidate expended personal resources, time, energy, and goodwill to bring the APC to victory not only in the state but throughout the country.
He claimed that some of those vying for appointments around the presidency did little or nothing to help the party reclaim Benue.
Ogbe said;
We are aware of those who are currently lobbying for appointments, both in Benue and around the Presidency in Abuja. But we must tell ourselves the truth, some of them could not even deliver their polling units or wards during the last elections. What is their contribution to the success of the party in the last general elections?
We remember some of them, when, during the buildup to the Presidential primaries in 2022, we were almost stranded and needed a boost financially to continue our activities in support of Asiwaju; we approached many them in Benue, Kogi, Niger, even in the south, but they failed us.
It was also Chief Achadu who singlehandedly released funds that prosecuted the elections of APC and that of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in his country home of Okpokwu Local Government of Benue State and caused victory for our party, for the first time, in the traditional home of PDP since 1999. This was in addition to his stretch of benevolence and support to our party men and women across other council areas in Benue and beyond, Chief Ogbeh said.
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