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By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi
Nigerians have been assured that come 2023, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will regain central power and will make things better for the country and its citizens having experienced bad governance by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) presently in power.
The expression was made by the Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the aegis of PDP Governors’ Forum which further assured Nigerians that the PDP is the party that will salvage the nation from all it’s challenges, saying that Nigeria has no hope except in the PDP.
Speaking at a grand reception held Sunday night at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Bauchi in honour of the 13 PDP Governors that converged in Bauchi state for their meeting, the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and Governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said that the PDP has the solution to the predicaments facing the country, pointing that the party will bounce back in 2023.
Reports have it that aim of the PDP Governors meeting in Bauchi state is to deliberate on the ongoing constitution amendment before the National Assembly and the state of democracy in the country as well as discuss the recently passed Electoral Act Amendment, the level of unemployment and the state of the economy amongst other issues.
Represented by the Governor of Taraba state, Darius Dickson Ishaku, Aminu Tambuwal said that the country was in a very sorry state and plagued with challenges ranging from insecurity, banditry, kidnapping, unemployment, poverty amongst other social vices, pointing out the PDP has what it takes to deliver Nigeria from its problems.
He said that, “We have no hope except in PDP, we will live in the PDP and salvage whatever the country is left off when we regain power in 2023.If you look around, all the PDP states are where there is work ongoing and I am sure, I am speaking the fact and minds of many Nigerians.Those who are running and leaving PDP to where their sins are forgiven, so if you are a bad and corrupt man, come over to APC where your sins are forgiven.”
The Sokoto state Governor added that, “We do not agree and believe in intimidation, we will remain in PDP, we capture the power, change and improve Nigeria. Those who said that they were going to conquer and remove Boko Haram in 6 months, it is now 6 years and they are still there, they cannot do it. It is getting worse, it is now several Boko’s, not one Boko Haram.It is now Herdsmen Boko Haram, herdsmen Haram”
The PDP Governors Forum Chairman further said that, “I assure that we will do it again, give us the mandate, we are all coming back in 2023.We assure you that this time for real that in 6 months, we will change the terrain, we will change the narratives, we will make Nigerians happy again” he said.
Speaking earlier, the Bauchi state Governor, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed said that PDP is the only party that is united and has the experience to take Nigeria out of the blues, adding the party is getting a lot of support from colleagues in other parts of the country.
Bala Mohammed added that, “PDP has done it before, we have all the structure that is required and we have the experience from 1999 till date and that is why I must thank our leaders, the governors for bringing this initiative, where we are going from state to state, zone to zone to discuss our problems and challenges and the problem of governance”.
He also said that, “I know there have been a prevalence of defection that is worrying so many people, those that must go must go.They are either pursuing something or something is pursuing them.So if they go, it may be better off for us.For some of us that you see here, there is no where to go, PDP is the only answer for Nigeria”.
