Revalidate or lose your party membership, Zamfara APC Leader tells ‘detractors’

By IBRAHIM KANOMA, Gusau

Governor Mohammed Bello Matawalle, who is the Leader of the All Progressives Party (APC) in Zamfara State, has reiterated that any party member who has not revalidated his membership registration and is not captured on the APC national website will no longer be considered as a member until he or she does so.

The governor made this declaration on Saturday at the inauguration of new executive members, who emerged by consensus through smoothly organized State Congress of the party under the watchful supervision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and conducted by the National Headquarters of the party.

The governor’s declaration was coming on the heels of a purported congress held in Tsafe on the outskirts of the state capital, Gusau, by one time Senator, Kabiru Marafa.

Matawalle, who expressed satisfaction with how the exercise was conducted in a way that gave birth to the emergence of Alhaji Tukur Danfulani Maikatako as the State APC Chairman, said the registration was ongoing and encouraged all eligible persons interested in the party to come forward and register while old members should come and revalidate their nembership.

He said, “all those people making noise at a time when their membership is not even valid should let go of their arrogance and respect the party’s leadership hiararchy and constitution by going according to laid down guiding rules and regulations.”

Similarly, the team leader deployed to the state from the party’s National Secretariat to conduct the congresses, Alhaji Kabir Ibrahim Masari pointed out that the national leadership of the party led the Yobe state governor, Mai Mala Buni recognized the Matawalle led party leadership in the state.

He congratulated the new executive members and urged them to carry everyone along so that the party can continue to enjoy the people’s support and goodwill in the state.

In his goodwill message, the state’s political leader and first civilian governor, Senator Ahmad Sani Yariman-Bakura who cited verses of the Holy Qur’an that speak on leadership explained that all “those who delibrately choose to challenge Matawalle’s leadership should know that they challenging and testing the will of Allah who gives and takes away power wherever and whenever he chooses.”

The ceremony which was attended by all National and State Assembly members, former two governors of the state and their deputies as well as other political bigwigs of the state was concluded with the oath of office by the new leaders administered by the state’s Attorney-General.

The 36-member state executive council has Alhaji Tukur Danfulani Maikatako as Chairman and Alhaji Yusuf Idris Gusau as Publicity Secretary.