The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Shehu Gabam, has shared details of his conversation with All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, Nasir El-Rufai.
Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s *Politics Today* program on Thursday, Gabam defended his party’s decision to engage in talks with the former governor of Kaduna, asserting that the SDP had done nothing wrong in holding discussions with El-Rufai.
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“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?” he queried.
He said, “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.”
The SDP chairman stated that the ministers in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet lack the ability to effectively implement the president’s vision. He also remarked that Nigeria is currently experiencing an unprecedented level of economic hardship.
“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,” Gabam said.
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