All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Monday inaugurated Arc. Waziri Bulama as acting National Secretary of the party.
Oshiomhole said; “the party had a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, the Governor of Yobe state and also consulted other stakeholders of the party and we came to the conclusion that Arc. Waziri Bulama should be admitted as the acting National Secretary of the party pending the ratification by the National Convention.”
Bulama’s nomination had suffered a series of setbacks for several months as the party’s National Vice-Chairman Northeast, Comrade Mustapha Salihu, described his emergence as a product of narrow interests.
With this development, the contending forces in the national leadership of the party seemed to have sheathed their swords.
Salihu had accused Oshiomhole of trying to foist Bulama on the party without considering the position of the Northeast zonal chapter of the APC, which he (Salihu) chairs.
Speaking shortly after the inauguration, Gombe state governor, Mohammed Inuwa, said Bulama would add value to the party, adding that he had known him for over four decades.
He said: “I am very happy that it ended this way. It took some time for us to have this replacement but what is more important is that at the end of the day, we were able to come to a resolution and the new National Secretary has been sworn in today. “We hope he will work with other leaders and consolidate on the gains of the party. I have known Architect Buluma in the last 40 years. I know that he is a person of impeccable character, a person that you can vouch for and he is very hardworking. He knows what to do. In fact, he has already started doing that trying to work and carry everybody around so that APC would deliver on its mandate and that is what he is going to do.”
Responding, Bulama said he has no personal agenda to pursue, adding that he would work with all stakeholders to foster unity and enhance the fortunes of the party.
