NCP PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT QUITS... Blames National officers of inadequacies
The presidential aspirant of the National Conciense Party (NCP), Dr. Wilson Thomas Ikubese has dump the party in the pursuance of his presidential ambition, over what he described as annomalies in the scheme of activities in the party.
Addressing Journalists in Akure,the Ondo state, one of the presidential hopeful for the Asokoro villa, Ikubese described recent happening in the party, as far different to the vision and focus of the founder of the party, late Chief Gani Fawehinmi.
According to the Frontline medical practitioner, the recent instance when the national chairman and secretary of the party, Yunusa Tanko and Ayodele Akele respectively decided that any person ready to pick form of the party as presidential candidate should pay a whopping sum of #7.04 million as against the idea of the founder.
In his words, "The National Chairman Yunusa Tanko and the National Secretary Ayodele Akele drafted a document (attached herein) directing that any Presidential Aspirant who is less than 2yrs in the party should pay the sum of N7.04 million naira to the Party, which is against the age-long tradition laid down by Chief Gani Fawehinmi that party members who seek to run for offices should do so at no cost, as a populist Party, as to encourage the masses to thereby participate actively in politics. The argument advanced by the duo is that this money will serve to finance the Party".
"Conversely however, Article 9.4.1 of the constitution of the NCP clearly stipulates how the party shall raise funds, i.e membership fees, donations and/or contributions from well meaning individuals or bodies, proceeds from sale or auction of party materials and publications and income from investments. Nowhere is it stated in the constitution that funds shall be generated by levying aspirants mandatorily".
Addressing Journalists in Akure,the Ondo state, one of the presidential hopeful for the Asokoro villa, Ikubese described recent happening in the party, as far different to the vision and focus of the founder of the party, late Chief Gani Fawehinmi.
According to the Frontline medical practitioner, the recent instance when the national chairman and secretary of the party, Yunusa Tanko and Ayodele Akele respectively decided that any person ready to pick form of the party as presidential candidate should pay a whopping sum of #7.04 million as against the idea of the founder.
In his words, "The National Chairman Yunusa Tanko and the National Secretary Ayodele Akele drafted a document (attached herein) directing that any Presidential Aspirant who is less than 2yrs in the party should pay the sum of N7.04 million naira to the Party, which is against the age-long tradition laid down by Chief Gani Fawehinmi that party members who seek to run for offices should do so at no cost, as a populist Party, as to encourage the masses to thereby participate actively in politics. The argument advanced by the duo is that this money will serve to finance the Party".
"Conversely however, Article 9.4.1 of the constitution of the NCP clearly stipulates how the party shall raise funds, i.e membership fees, donations and/or contributions from well meaning individuals or bodies, proceeds from sale or auction of party materials and publications and income from investments. Nowhere is it stated in the constitution that funds shall be generated by levying aspirants mandatorily".
Ikubese who posits further that the selfish greed and mischief nature of the national chairman shows, as he intends running for the presidential ambition and at the same time remains the chairman of the party. This he described as totally against the initial idea of the party.
"The National Chairman, Yunusa Tanko formerly declared to run for the office of the President on the 23rd April 2018, without resigning his position as National Chairman. As at today, he doubles as the National Chairman and a Presidential Aspirant of the NCP to the disadvantage of any other Aspirant in the Party who will be "screened" by a committee that will ultimately report to him. He thus upholds the power to approbate and reprobate".
The young medical practitioner noted that he joined the NCP on 16th September 2017.beause of the respect for the memory of Chief Gani Fawehinmi, saying he will not want to go into the fine details of the happenings in the NCP and the various hostilities he has suffered from the leadership of the Party, except unfolding events in the coming days make it expedient for him to do so.
While he enumerate some his manifestos if elected as the president of Nigeria come 2019 election, like improved power supply, adequate and effective educational sector with nothing less than 26% to the sector, while the health sector will also reciere 15% of total allocation with adequate Medicare available to all amongst other goodies listed.
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