A
abujagirl
Guest
Akwa Ibom state governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio on Monday, dared the G7 governors to leave the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)if they were truly aggrieved.
Akpabio issued the challenge at the launch of the third phase of the Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YouWiN) programme by President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa. He said that leaving one political party for other was a normal thing for politicians.
He, however, warned that leaders who leave one party to the other should be aware that their followers might not follow them.
“PDP is very big and robust enough with its branches in 774 local government areas in Nigeria. If you have five persons moving away from PDP, you have 10 to 50 moving into PDP.
“Right now, there are so many APC members who are approaching me on a daily basis that they want to move into PDP.
“But I keep telling them that it is not yet time, let us resolve this issue of G7 governors and then you see the big fishes that will come out of the APC.
“They are ready to come out and when they come out, it is going to be a boom. The entire country will shout’’, he said.
The governor pointed out that he was not opposed to the ongoing dialogue with the President to end the crisis.
He, however, warned that the aggrieved members should not capitalise on the President’s humility and patience to continue to waste his time and distract him.
“There must be an end to the dialogue so that the President can concentrate on the work he was voted into office to do’’, he said.(NAN)
Akpabio issued the challenge at the launch of the third phase of the Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YouWiN) programme by President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa. He said that leaving one political party for other was a normal thing for politicians.
He, however, warned that leaders who leave one party to the other should be aware that their followers might not follow them.
“PDP is very big and robust enough with its branches in 774 local government areas in Nigeria. If you have five persons moving away from PDP, you have 10 to 50 moving into PDP.
“Right now, there are so many APC members who are approaching me on a daily basis that they want to move into PDP.
“But I keep telling them that it is not yet time, let us resolve this issue of G7 governors and then you see the big fishes that will come out of the APC.
“They are ready to come out and when they come out, it is going to be a boom. The entire country will shout’’, he said.
The governor pointed out that he was not opposed to the ongoing dialogue with the President to end the crisis.
He, however, warned that the aggrieved members should not capitalise on the President’s humility and patience to continue to waste his time and distract him.
“There must be an end to the dialogue so that the President can concentrate on the work he was voted into office to do’’, he said.(NAN)