The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Shehu Gabam, has questioned why the All Progressives Congress (APC) is worried about the meeting of the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, with the party.
Naija News reports that Gabam, during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday, said his party has done nothing wrong in holding talks with El-Rufai.
He queried that if El-Rufai and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Segun Sowunmi are essential, why will the administration of President Bola Tinubu not give them relevant roles to enhance the efficiency of his government.
Gabam stressed that their discussion during the last meeting strategically reviewed the situation of the country in 2024.
The SDP chairman also said the ministers in President Tinubu’s cabinet lack the capacity to implement the president’s vision, adding that Nigeria has never experienced the economic hardships it is currently facing.
He said, “Why the dust about Malam Nasir El-Rufai? They say he is not significant, he’s nothing. Why the worry about El-Rufai? Why the worry about Segun Sowunmi? If they are important, why won’t the government give them the relevant roles they need to play to enhance the efficiency of the government?
“The meeting was to strategically review the situation of the country in 2024 as a party. We are an opposition party with elected members in the parliament, state assemblies, and in the local governments. So, we owe it a duty as a party to look at areas where things are not going right and open the space of the party and reach out to a lot of people.
“It’s the same things APC did when PDP was misbehaving; they re-organised, they regrouped, they relaunched a merger that led to the defeat of the PDP.
“So, we are not doing anything wrong. I don’t know why the brouhaha about it as if this is the first time Nasir El-Rufai visited or Segun Sowunmi who happens to be a friend. We’ve been in this struggle for a better Nigeria, not to undermine Nigeria.
“No president that was elected to serve four years and has issues in two years can survive. Jonathan’s opposition started within two years – he lost election.”
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