A Veteran Journalist, Author & Essayist, Nde Jonathan Ishaku, has tendered his resignation as member of the All Progressive Congress (APC), blaming it to the unfair treatment meted to Plateau State eight months ago without a Cabinet member.
This came in a press statement signed by the Veteran Journalist himself and made available to newsmen in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
The statement said, “this morning, September 6, 2024, I tendered my letter of resignation of my membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Gwamlar Unit Chairman in Shiwer-Seri Federal Ward (and Shiwer State Ward), Kanke Local Government Area , Plateau State.
“This is an expression of my disappointment with the treatment meted to the party and people of Plateau State by the very national ruling party we the members fought very hard to install.
“I am particularly disappointed that eight months after the resignation of Senator Simon Bako Lalong, from the Federal Executive Council (EXCO) to assume his mandate as a Senator, the Ministerial slot for Plateau State has been left indefinitely vacant.
“This is contrary to the Constitution of Nigeria 147(3) which stipulates that there must be at least one Cabinet member from each of the 36 states in Nigeria. In other words, the Federal Government of Nigeria as it now operates does so without the participation of my dear Plateau State”, it reads.
According to Jonathan Ishaku, it means as a party member, he did not count in the government and could no longer continue to live in illusion saying, “in my opinion, this is a slight on the good people, and members of the party in the state.
“The people of Plateau State deserve the utmost respect and treatment from the President and the APC. My resignation is a protest against the indefinite exclusion of Plateau State by the ruling APC Government”, he reiterated.
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