Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Sly Ezeokenwa, says Bianca Ojukwu is still a member of the party regardless of her appointment as a minister by President Bola Tinubu.
Bianca Ojukwu is one of the new ministers appointed by President Bola Tinubu when he reshuffled his cabinet in October.
However, she was not a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu’s widow was appointed as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
Speaking on televised programme, Ezeokenwa, whose leadership of APGA got affirmation from the Supreme Court same day, confirmed that Bianca Ojukwu has not left APGA.
“I called on the president, and I commend him on that appointment. She (Bianca) is a member of APGA, she is a BoT member of the party till date, she has not resigned her membership of the party. She had that appointment as a member of the party,” Ezeokenwa said.
The APGA chairman noted that the party gave Ojukwu permission to take up the ministerial appointment.
Stating that what the president did was what he has always advocated, which is for members of opposition parties to be given an open door to serve in Tinubu’s administration.
“The earliest call I did to the president is to ensure now that you have won the election and the Supreme Court has affirmed your election as the president of Nigeria, it is now time to close ranks because the people that can help you achieve your manifesto are not domiciled within your party, you have technocrats that are in other political parties,” he said.
Ezeokenwa said that despite the fact that he is a head of an opposition party, he actually wishes that President Tinubu succeeds for the interest of Nigerians, which is vital.
The APGA leader kept up with the fact that Ojukwu’s appointment as a minister is an addition for the opposition party, which as indicated by him is prepared to be part of an inclusive government.
In the judgment proclaiming Ezeokenwa as the authentic chairman of APGA, the apex court likewise awarded a N20 million fine against Edozie Njoku for filing an unimportant suit at FCT High Court, Bwari.
