The Governor of Kwara State,
Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has said he and the Senate President, Bukola Saraki,
would not join a former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP.
Ahmed said they were committed to
using the platform of the APC to deliver service to the people
Governor Ahmed addressed newsmen
in Abuja on Sunday.
He pointed out that while they
had cause to dump the PDP as of the time they did, they had no reason to leave
the APC now.
According to Ahmed, “It is very
unlikely for us to return to the PDP because we are not unhappy with where we
are in terms of expectations, service delivery and direction of governance.
“When you are already working
towards achieving result , you will want to see that the result get to the
people before you will begin to say you want to jump boat.
“We don ’t have any reason to
jump boat for now. Don’t forget that we left the PDP because we had reasons to
do so. We don’t have reasons to leave now. We have reason to see that service
delivery is given to the people.
“We are committed to ensuring it
gets to the people. When I used the word ‘we,’ it is inclusive of the Senate
President. We are fully committed to using the instrumentality of the APC to
deliver service to the people and we have a strong direction.
“It will be foolhardy to abandon
that, leave and go and start all over again. When I say ‘we,’ I am talking
about the political group in Kwara.”
He said former President Goodluck
Jonathan made it easy for them to leave the PDP because he did not inaugurate
any project in Kwara State.
On National convention of the
PDP, Ahmed added, “No, their convention was not a threat.
“In fact, I expect that they
should organise themselves because we require a vibrant opposition. Don’t
forget that it is when there are checks and balances in the system that allow
you to see areas of deficit and improve on what you are doing.
“Without a viable opposition, we
may likely not be able to see what we are doing wrong. You know the system is
full of people that will always tell you what you want to hear but from the
perspective of the opposition, you will begin to see clearly areas that require
adjustment and improvement. For me, their coming on board is a welcome
development.”
The governor further explained
that it would be foolhardy of him to run the state independent of the Senate
President or any other person that had contributions to make.
Ahmed said, “Kwara State
Government is run under institutional frameworks that are working. I was part
and parcel of my predecessor’s administration. I was part and parcel of the
policy formulation which formed the bedrock of what I am driving in the state
today.
“It will be foolhardy to say I
want to run the state independent of his input . It will also be foolhardy to
say I want to run independent of others that have things to contribute to the
state.
“What makes good governance is
inclusiveness. Traditionally, people are used to seeing sitting governors
fighting their predecessors and sitting Presidents fighting their predecessors.
That has robbed us of continuity, improvement and upscaling.
“We keep forgetting that
governance is about service delivery . We believe that as far as governance is
about the people of the state, we will continue to work together because it was
under his administration I understood politics, policy formulation and service
delivery.
“It will be foolhardy for me to
begin to run independent of his opinion and input as well as those before him.
“We have for once made Nigerians
to see the benefit of continuity. If this can be translated to what we do at
the national level , Nigeria will be better off for it.”
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