Some federal lawmakers have
disagreed over the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) against
President Muhammadu Buhari by the PDP, R-APC, and other political parties ahead
of the 2019 general elections.
Senator Philip Gyunka on Tuesday
described the alliance as “a welcome development”.
Gyunka in a chat with the News
Agency of Nigeria said: “The people are tired of the government of the day. I
am very optimistic that this coalition will endure; after all, it is the same
coalition that brought the current government into power in 2015.
“I believe that come 2019 power
will change hands. The APC came preaching change but we have not seen any
change.
“I want to assure Nigerians that
the real change will happen in 2019 by the grace of God.”
On concerns that the PDP was
defeated in 2015 on account of impunity and corruption and may not gain the
confidence of the people in 2019, the lawmaker said the party had learnt from
its mistakes.
Gyunka added: “We have learnt
from our mistakes and we are ready to make amends where we failed.
“We are ready to sit at a
roundtable to discuss issues to ensure that there is no imposition of
candidates because we have learnt a lot from our past.
“Talking of impunity and
corruption, this government is not immune from it; unfortunately they shy away
from constructive criticisms.
“God predestines people to power
and he whom God pre-destines he calls.”
But, Gyunka’s colleague, Senator
Abu Ibrahim, described the coalition as “laughable” and said that APC would not
be bothered about it.
He said: “If you take
individuals, not more than two or three matter and may have impact in their
states.
“They cannot win any election
without Buhari. I do not want to mention names but majority of them will not
win elections by themselves.
“Some of them matter in their
states but they are not more than four out of this jamboree.
“For Buba Galadima, has he ever
won an election? He was the longest parasite that hung to Buhari because he
couldn’t deliver anything.
“I have been with them for the
past 15 years, so I know them and their antics. Can he win his ward in Yobe?
They do not even know him there.
“He is only an Abuja politician
and in Abuja, he has no constituency except the constituency of the mouth.”
He added that the APC was not
afraid of the large number of parties coming together, adding that many of them
did not have members.
He said: “Of all those parties,
tell me the one that has members. It is only R-APC that we may lose one
governor to and three or four senators that is all.”
Ibrahim expressed optimism that
the APC would win the 2019 elections, adding that most of the parties forming
coalition did not have structure.
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