February 24, (THEWILL) – Governor Bala Muhammed of Bauchi state has said that the All Progressive Party’s zoning of presidency to the South would only give the the main opposition party victory at the 2023 poll.
Muhammed disclosed this shortly after paying Former President Olusegun Obasanjo a visit in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, on Wednesday.
The governor said that APC’s zoning of its presidential candidate to the south, would make the Peoples Democratic Party intensify its strategy in taking over the reigns of power and rescue Nigeria from current challenges in 2023.
He said that the ruling party zoning of the presidency to the south was not a threat to PDP, adding zoning of his party’s presidential candidate to the North would boost more victory for PDP at the poll.
Muhammed said “It is not a threat to the PDP, because each party is trying to strategize, to plan and organise. If they zone to the South, it is open to us to see how it is going to give us more electoral victory or if we put it to the North it will give us more electoral victory.”
“This is the kind of things we are doing; the leg works, the permutations and so on and so forth. So that, at least, what ever we are going to do, gives and provides for Nigerians to choose between the best alternatives.” he added.
The governor, while explaining the purpose of his visit to Obasanjo said that he came to tap from his wealth of knowledge and experience, to rebuild PDP, even though he knew the ex-president had quited partisan politics.
“We know that Baba is non-partisan, we know he’s an elder statesman per excellence. But, we are rebuilding our party to remove rancour, division and what-have-you. So, we still need him, because his words of wisdom are always very useful.”
“So, I have come to sound his opinion on some the things going in the party, to close ranks and make sure that we provide Nigerians with the opportunity to rescue the country, from the present division going around which we have found ourselves.” he noted
Muhammed, who expressed optimism on his chances on getting PDP’s presidential ticket, said that all hands must be on deck to contributes their quotas for the growth and development of the country.
“To me, presidency is a consensus; a stakeholder and a statesmanship, its responsibilities. Of course, every Nigerian should try to contribute his or her quota to the growth and development of the nation.”
“More so, when leadership recruitment should be based on merit, should be based on making sure that, we bring everybody on board and should not be based on manifestation of separatist, which are the instruments and the disgruntlement feelings that are capable of dividing us further.”
“Nigeria is too large and too important to be ignored. Some of us have benefited so much. It is not about me and my expression, but about the country,” he stressed.
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