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DANKWAMBO BECOMING NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT IS AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK
- PDP CHIEFTAIN
By Chuwang Dung
July 23, 2018.
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A chieftain of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a former strong supporter and associate of
Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo. of Gombe State, Auwal Abdullahi, Gafakan
Akko, has said Dankwambo lacks the political pedigree and desired
human relations to govern Nigeria.
Abdullahi said this
when Journalists contacted him to confirm messages attributed to him calling
on Nigerians not to support Dankwambo and concerning his support for former
governor of Kaduna state, Ahmed Makarfi.
He said, "The
issue of Dankwambo becoming the President of Nigeria is an impossible task,
because he lacks the political and human relations capacity to govern and
manage even a small state like Gombe, with just 11 local governments, so I
wonder what makes him think he can govern a big country like Nigeria."
The PDP chieftain,
who commended Dankwambo for his achievement in terms of physical and
infrastructural development across the state, said politics goes beyond that
as it requires good human relations and capacity building in all aspects,
especially in maintaining good political relationship which he claimed that
the Talban Gombe lacks.
The ex- associate of
Dankwambo, who recently rejected political appointment as Special adviser, explained
that Dankwambo, could not even manage and maintain a political structure he
inherited in the state because of his poor human relations.
"Dankwambo has
no political structure in the state and unfortunately he could not even
manage the structure he inherited from the last administration, because he is
not handling those close to him very well, in less than a year hundreds of
people that worked for him with even their resources have left him to join
the opposition APC or to pitch tent with other forces within the PDP, because
of his poor human relations and political skills."
Citing examples he
noted that currently, the 2015 DG of his campaign organization is not with
him; one of his strongest campaign pillars that coordinated the "Talba
house to house" campaign for him is not with him, and many of his
closest associates and former PDP leaders that fought for his victory in
2015. He further noted. "It is a clear indication that he doesn't have
the capacity of handling or managing those close to him."
The PDP chieftain
asked rhetorically, "how can you trust such an individual with
leadership position of a country like Nigeria, when he cannot manage a small
political structure in a small state like Gombe? We are not going to support
him.
"Even those
that are together with him are not happy, they are just exercising patience,
because they have nothing doing, they decided to remain with him to the end
of this tenure. I am telling you before the 2019 election, majority of them
will leave him." He added.
The Gafakan Akko
said PDP, being the ruling party in the state supposes to attract other
opposition members to the party but the case is the opposite in Gombe because
the governor refused to carry the PDP leaders along noting, "with the
current development, Talba would not even get the support of the party
leadership in the state should he seek to contest for Presidency."
He then advised the
Governor to bury his "death" presidential ambition and give support
to a more credible politician that can give President Muhammadu Buhari and
the APC a good fight come 2019.
Asked why he is
supporting Makarfi, against candidates from his North east zone, he said
Makarfi has excelled as a tested executive, a senior legislature and he
recently demonstrated his intellectual, political experience and capacity by
bringing a party that nearly went on extinction back to live.
"The only
person now in the PDP that can compete comfortably with President Mohammadu
Buhari, is Ahmed Makarki because he has the political capacity, capability
and ability to lead the country taking into cognizance his achievements when
he governed Kaduna state for 8 years, served as Senator for four years and also
how he brought unity to the party to the envy of even the ruling party. His
leadership quality led to the returned of many prominent names back to the
party. I strongly believe his aspiration to be president is to add value to
our democracy." He said.
Reacting to the
comments, the state commissioner of information, Umar Ahmed Suleiman,
carpeted the Gafakan Akko, stating that he lacked the political experience to
assessed Dankwambo politically, even to the extent of saying he lacks the
political and human relations capacity to govern Nigeria.
The commissioner
while describing, Dankwambo as one of the best governors with the best
democratic credentials to rule Nigeria, further described the comments by
Abdullahi as "irresponsible, baseless, reckless and needless."
He said Dankwambo as
a true democrat, brought peace, love and infrastructural development to
the state which include superlative road network across all nooks and
crannies of the state and other laudable achievements.
The commissioner said the
good works of Governor Dankwambo are largely responsible for all the
endorsements he is getting across the country, saying it is exactly what
happened during his electioneering in 2015 that saw him survived the APC
tsunami.
"Different groups
which resurrected from all nooks and crannies committed their resources
without recourse to him. These groups relied on his achievements during his
first tenure and he was able to survived Buhari tsunami.
"These are the things
people across the country are seeing and are saying that if he could do all
this in Gombe from lean resources as a governor, he would do even better if
entrusted with Presidential powers. That is the reason for the series of
endorsements across the country and we have the conviction that with his rich
political credentials and high level of acceptability, we are heading for
victory." He said.
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