Why I have Not Joined APC—Kwankwaso

<p>Why I have Not Joined APC<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Kano State’s former Governor and National Leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party&comma; Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso&comma; has given reasons he has not joined the ruling All Progressives Congress&comma; APC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the former minister of Defence&comma; APC has not disclosed assurance of positions including appointments for himself and followers in the ruling party&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He noted that any consideration to join the All Progressives Congress must come with clear assurances on the future of the Kano State government and the welfare of party supporters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kwankwaso stated this on Wednesday at his Miller Road residence in Kano during a meeting with leaders and supporters from Rano and Dawakin Tofa Local Government Areas&comma; alongside other Kwankwasiyya groups who reaffirmed their commitment to the party&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I didn’t say I won’t join APC&comma; but we must first be clearly assured of the future of the Kano State government before we join the APC&period; What will be the fate of our lawmakers and other supporters before we agree to defect&quest;” Kwankwaso said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The former governor recalled past experiences when members of his faction contributed to forming governments only to be later sidelined&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In the past&comma; we joined and contributed to forming the government&comma; but later we were abandoned&period; That was why we left the party&period; Have they now changed their position toward us&quest; Everyone knows the role we played at that time&comma;” he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kwankwaso stressed that no assurances had yet been given to guarantee the continuation of the party’s political structure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Up till now&comma; no one has given me a clear assurance that we will be allowed to retain our government and continue with our political structure&period; I need to know where I stand&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Information has it that the meeting was attended by the state Deputy Governor&comma; Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo&semi; the Commissioner for Science and Technology&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">Yusuf Kofar Mata<&sol;a>&semi; the state NNPP chairman&comma; Hon&period; Hashim Sulaiman Dungurawa&semi; and other top party officials&comma; who publicly expressed their loyalty to Kwankwaso and the Kwankwasiyya Movement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Observers said the show of support by key government officials highlighted a widening divide within the party and reinforced Kwankwaso’s influence amid ongoing speculation over Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s potential defection to the APC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Political analysts said Kwankwaso’s cautious stance underscores the importance of securing party structures and protecting the interests of loyalists ahead of the 2027 general elections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;