{"id":106407,"date":"2023-07-25T19:45:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T18:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=106407"},"modified":"2023-07-25T19:45:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T18:45:38","slug":"bayelsa-apc-elders-fume-over-jonathans-move-to-nominate-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/bayelsa-apc-elders-fume-over-jonathans-move-to-nominate-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayelsa APC elders fume over Jonathan\u2019s move to nominate minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State have kicked against alleged desperate attempts by former President Goodluck Jonathan to nominate the person for the state\u2019s ministerial slot in President Bola Tinubu\u2019s cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>The stakeholders under the auspices of the Bayelsa APC Elders Council condemned Jonathan\u2019s move, saying it was wrong for him to reap where he did not show.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Yenagoa on Tuesday, the chairman of the group, Michael Adomokeme, wondered why the former president was angling to produce a minister after actively and openly supporting the candidate of his Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar at the 2023 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>He said Jonathan was threading the path of unfairness and injustice, stressing that his desperation could be likened to someone seeking to receive salaries from a company he did not for.<\/p>\n<p>Adomokeme, however, expressed confidence that Tinubu, as a known rewarder of hard work, would not allow a situation of \u2018monkey work, baboon chop\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The APC elder said, \u201cPeople shouldn\u2019t try to reap where they have never sowed. Some of us have been here since the early days of this party when it was considered to be taboo just by being a member.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou all remember, APC in Bayelsa was called either Islamic party or Hausa party by these same people, I mean, Jonathan and his people. Fast forward to the 2023 elections, President Jonathan did everything to make sure we failed, but we didn\u2019t as God would have it. What right has he to suddenly want to now nominate the minister from Bayelsa State?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was president for six years, he personally nominated dozens of Ministers. Why is he now so interested in just the single (minister) we as a party in Bayelsa want to get? Is it to truncate the APC\u2019s visible path to victory come November?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is even an aberration and very demeaning for a former President to go cap-in-hand begging for a single ministerial slot. It ridicules and relegates the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has been dubbed a statesman and hero of democracy. 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