Ibrahim-Imam, APC’s Cornerstone, Says Akande

The Interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, has described former Presidential Liaison Officer, Alhaji Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, as the party’s cornerstone hitherto overlooked in appointments.

HesaidIbrahim-Imamplayed a crucial role in the merger of legacy parties culminating in the birth of APC.

While congratulating Ibrahim Imam on his appointment as Chairman, Board of Trustees of Tertiary Education Trust Fund( T ET FUND ), A kan de also thanked President Mu ham ma du Buhari for doing what he called the right thing.

“When B uh ari’ s government, perhaps inadvertently, gave Ibrahim-Imam no position,

Tinubu requested me to talk to BuharionIbrahim-Imam’sbehalf. I refused because I presumed that there must have been a dangerous disconnect between the A PC and its government.

“Now that the President has approved a position for Ibrahim-Imam in government, I congratulate President Buhari. I congratulate Ibrahim-Imam. I also sincerely congratulate the APC. I hope that from now on, the party and the government can learn to work in sync. IbrahimImam’s appointment shows that the rejected stone has been reserved for the corner of the house,” Akande, who is also a former governor of Osun State, said.

Akande’s special tribute to Ibrahim-Imam on his appointment read: “As soon as the All

Progressives Congress( A PC) was registered as a political party in July 2013, there began series of momentous events, which included the emergence of a new faction of People’ s Democratic Party( P DP) called ‘The New PDP’.

“This PDP faction must have had its origin in an earlier discussion between Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and some leaders of the P DP, especially Dr. O lu sol a Saraki, Rotimi Amaechi and Ami nuWaziri Tam buwal.T hey must have toyed with the idea of starting a new party perhaps with a merger of their faction with the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). “When another set of merger that produced AP Chad taken place, Asiwaj uT inubuw as no longer comfortable that he had not carried his‘ friends’ in the PDP on board.