Fresh concerns have emerged over the composition of the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), following the lack of clarity on the role of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors (RHA) earlier constituted by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu under the leadership of the governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma. President Tinubu had last […] The post APC campaign council: Fate of Renewed Hope Ambassadors hangs in the balance appeared first on Tribune Online .
Fresh concerns have emerged over the composition of the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), following the lack of clarity on the role of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors (RHA) earlier constituted by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu under the leadership of the governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma.
President Tinubu had last week announced the APC PCC, which will be led by the former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, while Governor Uzodinma would serve as the secretary.
Sources in the APC said that the coordinators of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors in the 36 states and Abuja have been thrown into a quandary following the failure of the presidency to clearly state their roles, if any, in the PCC.
“With the inclusion of Senator Uzodinma in the PCC, it appears that the Renewed Hope Ambassadors have been dissolved,” a source within the party said, adding that the structure earlier set up by the RHA for the propagation of President Tinubu’s campaign would be dismantled.
The source stated that such a development would be unfortunate because the RHA had earlier set up a massive structure that cut across all the polling units in the country, the wards and the local governments.
“I don’t know why we should jettison such a structure for the PCC, which would have only the governors in the states as coordinators and governorship candidates as chairmen in states that have no APC governors. That setup could create further crisis.
“For instance, in a state like Oyo where there is no APC governor, the APC candidate needs to be reconciled with members and leaders of the party first; it would look awkward to have the same candidate now leading the campaign.
“What would have augured well for the party is to have presidential and governorship campaigns coordinated by a separate structure like the RHA in the states while the PCC coordinates things from the centre in Abuja,” another source in the party stated.
However, a presidential aide, Tope Ajayi, who spoke to the Nigerian Tribune, said that those expressing concerns over the fate of the RHA may have to await the inauguration of the PCC.
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, was the Director General of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors until he was appointed secretary of the PCC last week.
Speaking with Nigerian Tribune in a telephone interview, Temitope Ajayi, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity declared that it would be hasty to conclude that the RHA would be swallowed by the PCC.
He said: “We wait for the campaign council to be operationalised first.
“Yes, it has been announced; let’s wait until it is inaugurated.
“Don’t forget that Governor Hope Uzodimma, who is the Director-General of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, is the secretary of the Presidential Campaign Council. We will just wait and see how everything takes shape after the inauguration,” he said.
