The Presidency, yesterday, said the invitation by All Progressives Congress, APC, to President Goodluck Jonathan to join their party was a clear indication that Jonathan was the best man for the job of leading the country.
Reacting to the Tuesday invitation extended to President Goodluck by APC, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said the invitation was “an acknowledgment of Jonathan’s sterling leadership qualities.”
According to him, the invitation was a compliment to the president’s leadership qualities, which even the opposition had acknowledged.
While jettisoning the possibility of the President taking up the offer, Dr. Abati lampooned the opposition party for forming a party only to realise later that they do not have a credible candidate.
He said: “I think it (the APC’s invitation) is a compliment. What Chief Akande has said in essence is that President Jonathan is the best man for the job. They formed a party only to realise they don’t have a candidate.
“We thank him for his acknowledgment of the President’s leadership qualities, but he (the President) is happy where he is.
“The President is happy where he is, as a member and leader of PDP to which he remains loyal, and under the umbrella of which he is leading a transformation agenda for the betterment of the lives of Nigerians.”
Speaking in a similar vein, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, in a statement said: “The widely reported invitation by the newly formed All Progressive Congress on President Goodluck Jonathan to join its fold clearly justifies our often repeated position that the opposition political party lacks the human resource to provide good and effective governance for the country and will always have to depend on Peoples Democratic Party for leadership in all ramifications.
“While it is not out of place for political parties to make overtures to those they believe have the capacity to assist them gain greater acceptability among the electorate, it is noteworthy that this invitation is being extended to a sitting President, who was elected on the platform of another political party and whose unquestionable performance in the last two years have often been derided by this same political cynics.
“Nigerians will note that the bulk of those who make up APC are having their debut in the national political space and, therefore, have little or no understanding of what it takes to steer the ship of a great nation with such complex socio-cultural diversities and the intricacies of balancing these diversities within the polity for national stability.
“The APC’s promise of change, therefore, is not a dependable incentive for Nigerians to take a gamble with our collective patrimony.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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I DO NOT FORSEE ANYTHING GOOD COMING OUT OF APC. THEIRS IS A CLEAR CASE OF ONE IN DESPERATE BID TO SHELTER FROM THE RAIN MADE AN UMBRELLA WITH NET MATERIALS. ALL THE DISGRUNTED EX-PDP MEMBERS WHO FELT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SCHEMED OUT OF THE SYSTEM HAVE JOINED FORCES WITH DISILLUSIONED OPPOSITIONS TO FORM THIS CARICATURE CALLED APC TO FURTHER PERPETUATE OUR MISFORTUNES IN THIS GREAT NATION. . .WHAT A PITY!
ReplyDeleteDon't ever use that motor park language for my president else ur tongue will fall out of your mouth. Are u so daft to know that one is free to perceive anything however he/she chooses. Who is in APC after all that is better than GEJ.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous at 10.09 is right. I think you are the one who is stupid nd daft enough to support a con fused and clueless president.
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ReplyDeleteYou must watch d way you write or speak in public, pls never in your life insult a sitting president. I rest my case.
The guy was speaking the blunt truth. It is stupid people like you that will never let this counrty prosper.
Delete@anonymous 11:34am:As for me gej is not better than a common drunk,in apc we have great men. Men with wisdom,vision, honesty,trustworthy,competentnot thiefs, robbers,blood-sucking monsters of yours ,you call leaders.
ReplyDeleteI hav always told u ppl to stop bordering urself about this moribund house of a party called APC. The party like an accident victim died before getting to hospital. May the soul rest in peace...CC
ReplyDeleteu are just mucking a p c.tinubu is criminal and safe centerd.buhari is a religion fighter,fashola is a tribalic man.a p c is a muslim paty
ReplyDeleteDis ogogoro drunkers 4rm d south east nd south south are always blinfoded with ethnic jingoist a gud question 4u is dat is GEJ better dan Fashola? Tyme wil tell 2015 is around d corner we shall si d clueless nd its retardeen fools wil b shown way out wat is d essence of transformation wen 70 percent of workable people in nigeria cud not get job? Is not as bad as dis b4 he came.though he has gud intention but he has derailed.
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