According to Punch, a crisis is brewing in the All Progressives Congress over appointments into boards of federal agencies and parastatals.
The Punch gathered in Abuja on Sunday that the dispute over the appointments was partly responsible for the delay in the reconstitution of the boards.
At the core of the dispute is a disagreement over names forwarded for consideration for appointments.
It was learnt that a committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to reconstitute the boards had been unable to conclude its assignment due in part to this dispute.
It was gathered that the war of attrition had also pitted some party leaders at the state level and some newly-inaugurated members of President Buhari’s cabinet.
Buhari had on July 16, 2015 approved the dissolution of the governing boards of federal parastatals and agencies and institutions.
To fill vacancies created by the dissolution, the President inaugurated the Presidential Committee on the Reconstitution of Federal Government Boards of Parastatals, Agencies and Commissions, on October 27, 2015.
The committee, which has party leaders drawn from the six geo-political zones, is chaired by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal.
It was further learnt that the Presidential Committee had agreed with the party leadership that each of the 36 state chapters should submit the names of 50 persons to be appointed.
Punch findings further revealed that in response some states had two separate lists as party leaders jostled to outdo one another to position their acolytes for favourable consideration.
This led to accusations and counter-accusations of nepotism and favouritism against state party chairmen, governors as well as some leaders of the party.
A leading member of the party who spoke to Punch correspondent on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution said, “The situation almost got out of hand.
“In the South-East for instance, apart from Ebonyi State, most of the other states are in crisis over this matter.
“We also had a situation where states like Lagos had two separate lists. There were also allegations that some of the state chairmen nominated their wives and cronies to the exclusion of people who really laboured for the party.
“As a party of change, we want things done differently some of those who were aggrieved used the back channels to make their feelings known and reach out to the President.”
President Buhari was said to have intervened into the matter by asking the party leadership to liaise with the SGF to look into the issues raised with a view to finding an amicable solution to the problem. (Punch)