by Dare Lawal
At the Kwara state APC campaign launch
in Ilorin on Thursday, Bolaji Abdullahi, the former minister of sports
blasted Pres. Goodluck Jonathan and his former party, the PDP.
He said: “When Senator Bukola Saraki was
the governor of the state, many of our supporters and members could
afford to build houses and buy cars, but these days the text messages we
receive border on money to keep body and soul together. They now want
us to continue in that our hunger status for another four years. To add
insult on injury they say the country’s gross domestic product is
increasing, that the Nigeria’s economy is one of the best in Africa.
“The money that the PDP people are
filtering away is what they term GDP. That is none of our business, I
urge us all to cast our votes for Gen. Muhammadu Buhari in the next
month presidential election and Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed in the
governorship election.
“In March 2014, when President Goodluck
Jonathan came to Ilorin, then I was the minister of sports, they said I
should mount the podium at this same metropolitan square and haul abuses
at Senator Bukola Saraki. But being a true son of Ilorin, I cannot not
bite the finger that feed me, it was the same Saraki that brought me
from Lagos and made me a special assistant, from special assistant to
special adviser. As if that was not enough, the then governor of Kwara
State appointed me as a commissioner and subsequently nominated me for
ministerial job.
“This, our leader has foresight, he told
us before our defection from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC
that PDP was like a sinking ship. It was then that some people felt they
would sit by the driver of sinking ship. The Senator also told us then
that PDP is a God forsaken party.”
On his part, Sen. Saraki, the former
governor and godfather of Kwara politics, said that “if the President
Jonathan could not control Nigerian economy when one barrel of crude oil
was over $100 per barrel, how can he manage the economy when a barrel
is about $50?”
Saraki said: “PDP says that we are
abusing Mr. President. We are not abusing Mr. President. We have all the
respect for the Presidency, we are talking of facts and figures. PDP
and Mr. President promised Nigerians security is their security today?
You promised power, is there light today? You promised to fight
corruption, is there any change today? You promised to provide job for
all our youths, any job today. These are not present today. We are not
being personal, we are talking about issues.
The governor who is the APC governorship
flagbearer in the state, Abdulfatah Ahmed said that the economy of the
nation was worsening and it was affecting infrastructure development.
“The dwindling allocation from Abuja
notwithstanding, the state government has not defaulted in paying
workers’ salaries as at and when due. We have not relented in creating
jobs for our teeming youths. I urge us all to close rank and sweep
PDP-led government away at all levels. The other day, I told you that
PDP’s umbrella was already leaking. That is apparent to all of us now,”
he said
“They wanted me to abuse Sen. Saraki but I cannot bite the finger that feeds me” – Bolaji Abdullahi
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