PeoplePolitics“We Must Not Allow The PDP Get Its Dirty Hands On The Government Again,” Buhari Tells APC Governors

President Muhammadu Buhari says it will be disastrous if the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) returns to power in 2023.

Buhari said this during a closed-door meeting with governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday, over the forthcoming National Convention of the party, slated for Saturday, March 26.

The meeting, which was reportedly called by Buhari, is believed to be focused on ensuring the ruling party holds a successful National Convention on Saturday.

He specifically told the governors to put the interest of the party ahead of theirs as it would be disastrous for the Peoples Democratic Party to return to power in 2023.

“As I remarked when I met Your Excellencies on February 22, our aim must be to hand over to an APC government at the centre and the great majority of states.  We must not, by default, allow the PDP to get its dirty hands on the Government again and return us to the Stone Age,” he said.

Noting that the APC had done considerably well in the last seven years despite the economic challenges, the president reminded the governors to retain the party’s achievements and refrain from allowing petty quarrels and unseemly jockeying for positions to detail them.

Buhari said, “It will be a very sad and regrettable development if these manifest gains are frittered away as a result of internal dissent and rivalry.  We must avoid narrow focus and inordinate personal ambitions at the expense of our party’s common good.  We must stop frivolous and diversionary litigation when the party’s reconciliation processes are available for settling disputes.

“We must restore sanity and purpose in the affairs of our party and lead ourselves to victory and safety.”

Meanwhile, after the meeting with President Buhari on Wednesday, the governors resolved to fill the National Working Committee (NWC) positions through consensus ahead of the party’s national convention.

They also aligned with the president on the candidature of a former Governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Abdullahi Adamu as the chairman of the ruling party.