The immediate-past Speaker of Kaduna State House of
Assembly, Yusuf Ibrahim Zailani, on Thursday, boasted that the National
Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has what it takes
to make the ruling party remain in government for more than 60 years.
Zailani made the statement when he led a delegation of
former House of Representatives members on a solidarity visit to Ganduje at the
national headquarters of the party in Abuja on Thursday.
The development isn coming barely 15 years after a former
National Chairman of the then-ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Vincent
Ogbulafor, made a similar controversial statement.
The now late Chief Ogbulafor had boasted that the PDP was poised to rule the country for at least 60 years because of the good policies and programmes of the party.
But the PDP government under then President Goodluck
Jonathan was defeated in the 2015 presidential election, seven years after
Ogbulafor’s prediction.
Zailani, however, believed the ruling APC under the new leadership
of Ganduje could stand the test of time.
He said, “We have no doubt in our mind that you (Ganduje)
will lead this party to continuously forming government in the Federal Republic
of Nigeria, for more than 60 years. We know you can do it and we have absolute
confidence that you can do it. As you can see, we are representing the country
because all the six geopolitical zones are adequately represented here.
“We may not be in the House of Representatives now. But we
want to tell you that all of us have the energy, the vision and the interest of
the party at heart, so we are offering ourselves for any party assignments.
“With this, we know from one of us, you may have a special
place for either the legislators or former members of our forum because we saw
what you have done with one of our members who was your immediate past
commissioner for finance. We want you to do more by possibly picking one of our
ladies to work within the APC. We will continue to pray for you to show our
solidarity and our support.”
While appreciating the gesture, Ganduje charged the
delegation on the need to consistently execute every constituency project
promised to their people, stressing that they are the dividends of democracy
that people at the grassroots often identify with.
“It is your responsibility to consolidate the National
Assembly, whether you are inside or outside. The psychological thing that binds
you together should continue. That is why we are so happy with the legislative
projects in their constituencies, even though some may ask why constituency
projects. But an ordinary voter, even though your main function is to make laws
and oversight functions, will like to see something on the ground.
“He doesn’t think how legislation is affecting his life or
how oversight function is affecting his life. But he can easily see a
constituency project whether it is a borehole, whether the building of a school
building or clinic and so many other things. So we think it is very important,
whether you’re from third, fourth and fifth legislation, to see to your
constituency project when you are elected. You will feel very happy and
satisfied,” he stated.
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