Cracks In Buhari Camp, PSC Suspends Akpabio

The Presidential Support Committee (PSC) has suspended Minister
for Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio for “inactivity and poor
leadership”.

Akpabio is the National Coordinator of the political support
Organization of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressive
Congress (APC),

The PSC founder and National Facilitator, Hon. Gideon Sammani,
and the Organisation’s Director of Media, Dr. Kailani Muhammad,
told reporters on Saturday that the suspension was carried out to
ensure the survival and the revitalization of the organisation.

The event where Akpabio was suspended was the “National General
Meeting and Merit Award” of the PSC and the former Akwa Ibom State
governor, was slated to deliver a speech.

However, the 41-member national executive committee said Akpabio
was undermining the progress of the organisation, which they said
was the platform through which he got his ministerial
appointment.

“While PSC has supported the APC and the re-election of
President Muhammad Buhari in the 2019 election, regrettably it is
gradually drifting due to failed leadership of the National
Coordinator.”

“We are worried that in an attempt to bring back PSC to glory,
whose members have committed themselves to the successful
reelection of the President in 2019, the National Coordinator,
whose appointment as Minister was through the platform, has
abandoned the organisation and its members.

“But we cannot hold back and watch PSC that was positively
established to sink as a result of inactivity. Those who worked for
APC and the President must be carried along,” Sammani said.

He said APC members are very experienced people, who worked
tirelessly to refocus the organization and to enable it achieve its
objectives, but that the National Coordinator became a cog in the
wheel of its progress.

He said at the close of 2020, the idea of a National Conference
was mooted but to the chagrin of every member, Akpabio skillfully
turned down the idea under the pretext of shifting the time for the
conference to January, 2021, which is yet to see the light of the
day.

He said, “Senator Akpabio as National Coordinator was appointed
as Minister for Niger Delta through the PSC platform but the
Organisation is worst hit by his inactions.”

He said that even to offer advice, defend government policy and
constructively criticise it where necessary has remained a huge
challenge to Akpabio.

The Presidential Support Committee (PSC) has suspended Minister
for Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio for “inactivity and poor
leadership”.

Akpabio is the National Coordinator of the political support
Organization of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressive
Congress (APC),

The PSC founder and National Facilitator, Hon. Gideon Sammani,
and the Organisation’s Director of Media, Dr. Kailani Muhammad,
told reporters on Saturday that the suspension was carried out to
ensure the survival and the revitalization of the organisation.

The event where Akpabio was suspended was the “National General
Meeting and Merit Award” of the PSC and the former Akwa Ibom State
governor, was slated to deliver a speech.

However, the 41-member national executive committee said Akpabio
was undermining the progress of the organisation, which they said
was the platform through which he got his ministerial
appointment.

“While PSC has supported the APC and the re-election of
President Muhammad Buhari in the 2019 election, regrettably it is
gradually drifting due to failed leadership of the National
Coordinator.”

“We are worried that in an attempt to bring back PSC to glory,
whose members have committed themselves to the successful
reelection of the President in 2019, the National Coordinator,
whose appointment as Minister was through the platform, has
abandoned the organisation and its members.

“But we cannot hold back and watch PSC that was positively
established to sink as a result of inactivity. Those who worked for
APC and the President must be carried along,” Sammani said.

He said APC members are very experienced people, who worked
tirelessly to refocus the organization and to enable it achieve its
objectives, but that the National Coordinator became a cog in the
wheel of its progress.

He said at the close of 2020, the idea of a National Conference
was mooted but to the chagrin of every member, Akpabio skillfully
turned down the idea under the pretext of shifting the time for the
conference to January, 2021, which is yet to see the light of the
day.

He said, “Senator Akpabio as National Coordinator was appointed
as Minister for Niger Delta through the PSC platform but the
Organisation is worst hit by his inactions.”

He said that even to offer advice, defend government policy and
constructively criticise it where necessary has remained a huge
challenge to Akpabio.