Sokoto State governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential hopeful, Aminu Tambuwal, has said his disagreements with President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessor Good luck Jonathan is not personal but on their leadership styles.
Tambuwal, who stated this when he met with former PDP ministers, said Nigeria cannot afford to elect a president that does not understand the complexities of the country.
Soliciting the support of former ministers, majority of whom worked with former president Goodluck Jonathan, Tambuwal said “Some of you may say but you’re a part of those who participated in the process to oust the PDP government in 2015. Yes I was. And the reason is clear. when my dear brother Sheidu Tambuwal came to my house in Apo village in 2011 with the form of President Goodluck Jonathan seeking for nomination on the platform of the PDP For me to nominate him, I did sign the nomination forms for the President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 and participated actively in my home in my local government in My state to deliver president Jonathan.”
Noting that he had no personal issues with Jonathan, Tambuwal said, “ In 2017 and 2018 I told so many of my political associates that I’ve disagreed also with the way president Buhari was running this country.”
He added, “If you talk about ethnicity, if you talk about religion, myself and president Buhari are from the same ethnic background I work from the same religious belief, but I disagree also with the way he was and still running our country, and I took the risk, coming from the North West, a sitting governor who could have won his election possibly sleeping in his bedroom in 2019 but I took the risk and left APC because I disagreed completely with the way he was running the government and join the PDP for us to work together to see that we rescue the country.
“So it is all about this country, nothing personal, nothing selfish, But all of it is about altruism, patriotism and building our country together.”
Chairman of the PDP former ministers forum, Tanimu Turaki, said Nigeria is in the situation that is it because of lack of leadership.
He added, “Today, there are a lot of issues, issues about misgovernance, issues about unfairness and injustice, issues of lack of security, issues of hunger, issues of despotism, issues of nests spotted and issues that had given almost every Nigerian of course to begin to wonder whether indeed it is worth our while to continue with this federation.
“Never in our history have we been so divided along many lines, many unimaginable lines, and we feel it is important we do not only get good leadership, but we get a leadership that will have the capacity to take decisive decisions that will keep this country together.
“We believe we need a leader that will be capable of building strong bridges of friendship across the various divides,” he said.
