Oshiomhole: I'll Subject Buhari, Others to Party Supremacy *Decry intraparty crisis in APC

Front line chairmanship aspirant for the office of National Chairman, Adams Oshiomohle, has vowed to ensure that all party men, including the president and other elected office holders subject themselves to the dictates of the party when he becomes the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The former governor of Edo State who decried the intra party disputes in APC, said the present situation where the party appeared to be the opposition to itself will not be acceptable.

Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja when he held an interactive session with young stakeholders of APC, Oshiomohle said there is the need to be very clear on the fact that "anyone elected on our platform, including the President will be expected to conduct government and governance in a way that promote the core values of progressive governance."

Oshiomohle stated that when he emerges the next National Chairman, his leadership will be very clear on on the issues of economy and governance in a way that promote core values of progressives governance

He added, "We will subject everyone to the dictates of our constitution and remain faithful to the manifesto of the party on the basis of which we were elected by the Nigerian people.

"I believe that everything considered, we are still the favored party, but we must not take the support of the people for granted. My task is to be able to assist government at all levels to work in a way that reflect the core values of the APC."

Oshiimhole said as the ruling party, APC should be able to drive policies on the economy, social reorientation and policies that affect how the society is organised and ran.

According to him, "My hope is that, if by the special grace of God I become the APC National Chairman, we will need to be very clear about all these and other issues and that anyone elected on our platform, including the President will be expected to conduct government and governance in a way that promote the core values of progressive governance."

While decrying the act of promoting ethnic and religious matters by major political parties in the country, the former labour  leader said, "The whole idea of seeking election on a party platform is that there is a burden of ideas to be shared and that bind us together.""

He further explained, "To my recollection, we haven't had any serious platform as a party where the agenda was to debate policy options of policy choices attached to each of policy we fought for.

"To me, this is what a political party should represent. It is not only meeting during elections, but meet from time to time to discuss policy option.

I think that we are in a situation that the only thing that command banner headlines in our media today are more of issues of religion and ethnicity.

"I believe that it is the duty of the political parties, particularly a governing party to put policies on the economy, social policies; policies that affect how our society is organised and run and even issues of crime, to have a policy on how to address them."

While deploring the current confusion in the party,  Oshiomole said the problem was cause by lack of understanding of the contract and bond which every member is subjected to by virture of the constitution and manifesto of the party.

"We have majority in the National Assembly and control 24 out of 36 states and yet, when you read the papers, it appears that the opposition is so hopelessly weak that the APC becomes an opposition to himself.

"This is because people are doing their own stuff without a common understanding of the basis of our mutual contract, the contract between members of the APC as contained in two important documents which are the constitution and manifesto of the party," he said.