Barely four months into the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a group under the auspices of the Progressive Young Leaders Assembly has protested what it described as lop-sided appointments into political offices at the federal level.

The group under the Chairmanship of Abubakar Kurawa said it has been watching closely, developments that came with the post-elections reward system of the All Progressives Congress (APC) hence the need to address the avoidable gaps and flaws that punctuated the process of appointments, especially at ministerial and other Federal Government levels.

He said they feel deeply concerned that the ruling party seems to have derailed in the choice of appointment of prominent Nigerian politicians, particularly those who gave their time, physical energy and hard-earned resources to support the victory of the just concluded 2023 elections.

According to Kurawa, the APC youth group is disturbed that a considerable number of the people that the APC rewarded with ministerial slots, for example, could not match the resilience, sacrifice of energy and resources of other members that are yet to get even a simple letter of commendation for their effort.

Kurawa, who addressed journalists in Abuja on Thursday along with his Secretary, Barr. Sadiq Abubakar, said they find it hard to fathom why there is still silence on Senator Ovie Omo Agege, former Deputy Senate President who also contested on the platform of the APC but lost out in the 2023 polls.

“He has not yet been considered for any reward via an appointment by the Federal Government.

“Politicians like this respected Senator could not get ministerial or other appointments into the Federal Government of President Bola Tinubu. This is anything but democratic injustice.

“It is worrisome that Sen. Aishatu Binani who is widely believed to have won her immediate constituency of Adamawa quite significantly but had her mandate somehow overturned. (Daily Independent)

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