Tinubu still committed to changing APC’s reward system: Marafa

According to Senator Kabir Garba Marafa, who serves as the Zamfara State Coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is putting machineries in place to strengthen the reward system of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). This information was provided by Senator Kabir Garba Marafa.

Marafa stated that now that Tinubu is at the helm of the affairs of the country, the era of “monkey de work baboon de chop” is over. He emphasised that those who genuinely worked for Tinubu’s victory at the election on February 28 will be rewarded.

There are concerns within the APC that long-standing members who have laboured for the party do not get rewarded, while new entrants get desirable positions in government. These concerns stem from the fact that the APC has been in power for a longer period of time.

But while speaking to members of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council from Zamfara State on Wednesday night in Abuja, Marafa said that Tinubu values their contributions and will reward them for helping him win at the polls.

The event was planned to express gratitude to God for Tinubu’s victory and the smooth swearing-in ceremony that took place the previous Monday.

The event was attended by a large number of members of the Zamfara PCC, including women and young people, who travelled from each of the state’s 14 LGAs to be there.

Although Tinubu was victorious in Zamfara during the presidential election, the incumbent party was defeated in the state’s race for governor.

Marafa, on the other hand, blamed hypocrisy and activities against the party by some of the APC’s chieftains for the party’s loss in the election for governor of Zamfara State. He claimed that President Tinubu is aware of those who worked against him in the state.

He stated, “I am not good at sycophancy and hypocrisy, but Mr. President appreciates me; he obliged me immediately when the issue of inauguration came up, and I have reasons to complain.” He was referring to the fact that the President had shown his appreciation for him. There are those who would say that he has already begun.

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“We were given the responsibility of serving as test subjects for these activities in each of our respective states. We were given the mandate by the PCC central to have a state coordinator, three zonal coordinators, and like Zamfara fourteen local government coordinators, 147 ward coordinators, and over 3,500 polling unit coordinators. We gathered all of these personalities and worked together tirelessly day and night. However, now that it is time for the inauguration, we do not have any invitations extended to our people.

“Mr. President told Marafa to go and represent me, so please call them and thank them on my behalf. Let’s get started right away,” she said.

“Mr. President stated that he is still committed to his promise to alter the reward system that the government uses, and I have no doubt that he will carry out his promise. You, the fine citizens of Zamfara, have Mr. President’s gratitude and appreciation.

“Politics is about welcoming everyone, and politics is about the people. Therefore, what we were successful in accomplishing in Zamfara was due to the combined efforts of all of you. We gathered together in order to give. We are thankful to God because he has entrusted us with a responsibility, which we have successfully completed. God is the one in control, not us. We owe it all to God because He made it possible for each and every one of us.

“Pity is reserved for those who made no effort at all, while sympathy is extended to those who did their best but fell short. Failure is a necessary component of success; in the absence of failure, it is impossible to achieve one’s goals. This experience has taught us a great deal. We are grateful to those who share our sympathies.

“I am thankful to God for the mercy he has shown to us because we have won in the past, we have won again, and we have won yet again. So what exactly is the big deal if we end up losing this match? It is impossible to determine who is superior until there is some basis for comparison.

“Some people were given an assignment, and they failed miserably at it, whereas we were given an assignment, and we delivered triumphantly, so we thank God for his mercies upon us.” I want to reassure you that the president is thinking about Zamfara despite the fact that he is the president of the entire country and not just of Zamfara.

“We have informed him of everything; he is aware of the anti-party activity that was carried out in the state of Zamfara. And he gave us his word that the days of “monkey do the work and baboon do the chop” were behind us.

“I thank God because throughout my entire career in politics, up until the present day, even my adversaries can attest to the fact that I am not a hypocrite and I do not lie, and I thank God for that.

“Except for the women’s club, I don’t belong to any other so-called ‘clubs.'” They made up a significant portion of my electorate, and I will never stop valuing women and I will never stop identifying with them.

We are all aware of the hypocrites in this world. How did we end up losing the election for governor of the state? The actions of hypocrites are to blame, plain and simple.

Since the time that the president visited Zamfara State, we have noticed a pattern of hypocrisy in the state of Zamfara. That is when we first noticed the cracks in the wall.

“Thank God, we were able to identify them and put a stop to them in their tracks, and as a result, our president won by a very large margin. Praise be to God.”

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During the event, several leaders of the party gave speeches in which they praised Bello Matawalle, who had served as governor of Zamfara State not too long ago, and expressed optimism that the party will be able to win back control of the state through the legal system.

They also prayed for Tinubu’s administration to be successful, saying that with God’s grace, the challenges that the country is currently facing will be overcome.