PRESS
STATEMENT
The
All Progressives Youth Forum (APYF), being a youth movement of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), continues to work towards the attainment of a
people-centered, solution-oriented, and progressive government.
However,
the recent trend of impeachment proceedings being brought against governors of
the opposition parties that oppose the largely unproductive and negligent PDP
administration gives us cause to worry about the future of our nation’s
democracy.
At
a time when we should be setting meaningful precedents that are aimed at
strengthening our nation’s young political and governmental institutions, this
People’s Democratic Party (PDP)-led Federal Government has shown that it is ever-ready
to resort to underhanded means to corrupt and malign our nascent
democracy.
Seven
months to the general election, when credible parties and candidates are
working to show the Nigerian public their accomplishments in office over the
past few years, as well as their plans for Nigeria moving forward – states like
Adamawa, Nassarawa and Edo – to name a few – are being thrown into unnecessary
political upheavals by bought over henchmen loyal to the "ruling"
party. This cannot stand. Politics of this nature is unsustainable.
The
Nigerian public must be made aware of the fact that if the PDP could run on the
merits of its achievements both federally and in our nation’s thirty-six
states, it would not resort to scheming out plots to remove APC governors using
largely unconstitutional methods.
In
this regard, we call on the youth all over Nigeria to join us as we continue to
work to preserve the sanctity of our nation’s democratic institutions, and to
ensure that candidates that take Nigeria’s present challenges, as well as its
future into cognizance, are those that represent us at every level. Not
politicians that assume office by stifling dissent and corrupting the
democratic institutions that they swore oaths to protect.
May
God in his infinite mercies continue to guide our nation.
Olu Onemola
For Chairman, APYF
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