… Discard SDP as a poisoned chalice
A week after the former governor of the state of Kaduna, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, announced his resignation of the ruler Congress of all progressives (APC), the party has officially reacted to its dropout to the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
The National Advertising Secretary of the ruling party, lawyer Felix Morka, in a statement, declared that, contrary to the narration of the loss of vision and deviation of the APC of the progressive ideals of its founders, who reported his departure, the former governor of the state of Kaduna has been bitter because he lost a ministerial slot in the president of Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“In his frantic attempt to justify his quite unlikely departure from the All Progressives Party (APC), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of the state of Kaduna, in an interview with BBC Hausa, said that APC has diverted himself from the progressive ideals of his founders, and became a party where 'everyone now pursues personal interests.
“In a video once viral, El-Rufai did not stop when disapproved politicians argued that they were consumed by the search for their own interest. In his words, 'we have a policy of private interest. We have no policy of public interest. Politicians will proudly tell you that politics is about interest. If they don't get what they want, they are ready to collapse the system. “
“Today, the-Rufai is diminished as the epitome of an interested politician, blinded by the ego, driven by an indoméida emotion and full of a vindictive desire to” collapse the system. “
“In his BBC interview under reference, the-Rufai supplied the true reason for his pain, stating that he was disappointed by the way he was treated by President Bola Tinubu and his administration, in ostensible reference to his failed ministerial offer. His statement that came out because the party had diverted from its founding values ​​or progressive ideology is a smoke curtain to arm himself with a personal complaint expelled as a dissent of principles. The-Rufai seems traumatized for its failure to achieve a ministerial position. When breastfeeding a bruised ego, now attacks the platform on which he rode towards political prominence.
“APC's commitment to its foundation values ​​and ideals remains as valid and progressive today as they were then. The accusation of El-Rufai of a drift of the foundation values ​​of our party exists only in its imagination fog. “
The APC further dismissed the former minister's invitation to other APC bosses to join him on his new political platform as a poisoned chalice.
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“Assuming that the things of political conviction had something to do with their departure, how exactly is the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the new political abode of El-Rufai, an ideological refuge?
“The call of El-Rufai for opposition members to join him under the SDP Banner is not an invitation to drink a cup poisoned by selfishness, revenge and the deception of greatness. The Nigerians are much smarter than the-Rufai thinks, and they know that it is driven by raw interest instead of a genuine concern for the country.
“Our great party does not fade away from the diatribe loaded with resentment of El-Rufai. We continue to welcome millions of new members throughout the country, which join to identify with the high values ​​of the party and support the bold and transformative policies of President Tinubu that now give birth to sustainable growth and prosperity for our country.
“The affirmation of El-Rufai that Tinubu has failed is as scandalous as false, and a great distortion of reality in the field. In all sectors, Nigerians are witnessing tangible progress in the delivery of the president's campaign promises. Unquestionably, Nigeria is better today than when he assumed the position. “
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