The Chairman Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors forum,
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has charged his party not to win on the zoning
arrangement, but to win the 2023 general election.
Speaking during a meeting with former Presiding Officers of
the State Assemblies and House of Representatives in Abuja on Tuesday, Tambuwal
recounted how they made Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan acting President.
He said Muslim-Muslim and Christian – Christian tickets are
dead on arrival.
According to Tambuwal “When it was time for the House of Representatives to go along with theSenate on the issue of the doctrine of necessity that made Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan President, my brother and friend, Dimeji Bankole was not willing to do so. My brother and friend, Senator Dickson Seriake who was leading the squad for ex-President Jonathan to be made acting president was doing it the wrong way.
“There was tension and almost chaos in the house of
representatives. And we called Dickson. I sat him down. I said Dickson, if you
go through that route, of raising sentiments, this thing will not fly. Let’s
look at it objectively, speak about Nigeria and how to save our country. If you
agree, take the backseat. I am the principal officer from the northwest zone of
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. We’re very aware of the situation of the
country. So let me drive it and let me see who that person is that will have
more affinity and affiliation to President Yar’Adua than myself the principal
officer from the zone, he stated.
Tambuwal who disclosed that he drafted the motion that made
Jonathan acting president, said the former Speaker House of Representatives,
Demeji Bankole was emotional.
He continued “I said look Mr speaker, it’s about this
country and we must do the right thing. I brought out the motion. I said this
is the motion. I drafted it. So please, allow this to go. And that was how the
motion for the doctrine of necessity was passed in the House”.
On what stands him out from other Presidential aspirants,
Tambuwal said “from the array of those that are running now. I don’t know of
tomorrow. All the names being mentioned that are at the forefront of this
consideration for 2023, I am the youngest of them all. Go and check our
biodata, check the genuine one.
Chairman PDP Governors Forum appealed to PDP to study
previous election results as they progress towards 2023.
” As leaders of our party, who are working towards winning
election, not zoning, not winning tickets. Yes, we can share tickets and
everybody can take his piece and go to his zone. But you must plan to win an
election. That’s the reality of it. It’s not anybody’s making, he stated.
Tambuwal who urged PDP to accept the reality on the demand
for the party’s zoning formula said “after we win, we can then say okay, let’s
share power. Win election first. Don’t win zoning, win the election and then
we’ll come and share power. Because the President and the Vice President cannot
come from the same zone. They cannot even come from the same religion”.
He insisted that demographics, intra-party wrangling was
rife in the All Progressives Congress (APC), voter education and others will
determine the 2023 general election.
He said, ” so demography is an issue, that is why after the
election I appealed to PDP to study the outcome of previous role elections as
we proceed to 2023″.
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