| Lagos, no-go area for
PDP, says Niger Gov Babangida Aliyu
From AKIN ALOFETEKUN, Minna
Wednesday,
March 9, 2011
 |
Niger
Gov Babangida Aliyu
Photo: Sun News Publishing
|
|
|
Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State yesterday threw
party sentiments aside, describing Lagos State under Governor
Raji Fashola as a no-go area for the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) or any other party apart from the Action Congress of
Nigeria (ACN)
Aliyu poured encomiums on Fashola, saying he had distinguished
himself with his performance.
The governor, who spoke while declaring open the 47th Annual
International Conference of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences
Society in Minna, said the giant strides of Fashola in Lagos
had made the Action Congress of Nigeria popular in the state.
He described Fashola as a dedicated and committed public servant,
Aliyu, who is seeking re-election on the platform of the Peoples
Democratic Party said the performance of his counterpart in
Lagos had “become a nightmare for the PDP in Lagos State.”
He openly confessed that the PDP waited patiently for ACN
to deny Fashola a second-term ticket to grab him as a basis
of capturing Lagos. Specifically, he said while everybody
had thought that Lagos would not work, Fashola had proved
critics wrong by transforming the city.
“I am speaking from the bottom of my heart. Fashola
has performed, forget about partisan politics. Here is one
person that has performed. People had given up on Lagos that
it would not work, but he has made it work,” he said.
The governor decried bad leadership as the bane of development
in the country, observing that despite the efforts of leaders
in the Arab world, the masses had risen up against them demanding
a better bargain. While asking leaders to learn from the wind
of change, blowing in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, he said: “Let
us give the people better bargains before we begin to run
helter-skelter.”
He asked the people to remove sentiments while casting their
votes in April, urging them to vote for equity, tolerance
and unity of Nigeria.
Aliyu urged members of professional associations to join active
politics and take it away from charlatans, adding that participation
of professionals would enrich the system.
He observed that many candidates were not talking about issues
in their campaigns ahead of the elections, noting that political
desperation led to the bomb blast that rocked a rally organised
by the PDP in Suleja. He regretted that those who died from
the blasts were common people, who were not at the venue for
political reasons. He described those who committed the dastardly
act as cowards but said their motives were yet to be known.
How
to Give Your Woman Earth-Shaking Orgasms. Click Here!
Make
N450,000 Online Monthly. Click Here
How
to Easily Get Any Woman You Want. Click Here!
Win
Big with Online Football Betting. Click Here to Register
|
