Index to Nigerian Newspapers

The fractures and frictions in Nigeria's two major political parties, the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) and main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are pointers to the stunted growth of the country's party's system. Recently, the Director-General of Progressive Governors' Forum (PGF), Dr. Salihu Lukman, resigned his appointment as the manager of policy, strategy and governance system of state governors elected on the platform of APC. Lukman contested against the incumbent Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El Rufai, for the APC gubernatorial ticket in 2014, but lost due to certain considerations that favoured El-Rufai. Lukman expected that his home governor may not side with him on issues revolving around the performance of his office, but he did not allow that to constrain or make him circumspect in holding his political views and upholding his democratic rights. He regretted that some members of the PGF became intolerant to the opposition in their desire to dominate the governing party, but from the vantage position of his office as DG of the APC governors' forum, he was able to distil information and vote against tyranny, impunity.