APC Have Refused To Govern Well - Ahmed Makarfi.

Ahmed Makarfi

Prompt past National Caretaker Committee Chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi, hosts joined the race for the gathering's 2019 presidential ticket.

Makarfi told columnists yesterday in Kaduna that he had chosen to look for the ticket in the wake of counseling generally.

The one-time Kaduna State senator stated: “I have been consulting across the country since I left as the chairman of the party. It’s is just consultations and not endorsement. But it gives you an opportunity to feel the pulse and it will tell whether to go forward or not to go forward. The consultations have been quite positive and I believe it is fair enough to come to the conclusion that one should join other equally capable party men and women who have shown interest in seeking the party’s nomination for the 2019 presidential election. “


He added: “I have known governance for sometime at the state level. I served Kaduna for three years as commissioner for finance and economic planning. I came in from the private sector. I have private sector experience, especially banking. I governed this complex state for eight years. I have legislative experience, having been in the senate for a two terms of eight years. I got a bonanza when the party leadership fell on my lap, to know about managing a political party.


“If you cannot manage your party, even if you are elected, you will have problems governing. If you can’t manage the legislature and build cordial relationship such that key legislations that can take this country forward are passed, then governance becomes complex for you. If you cannot manage complex society such as Kaduna, which is mini- Nigeria, you cannot manage Nigeria.”

“These, to me, are advantages but of course it does not mean that it is a forgone conclusion. Somebody who may have not prepared himself in governance at all may find himself in government but the country will pay a price for that. I believe I have these advantages.


“Managing complex security issues is not new to me. Managing complex people of societies is not new to me. If you look at it from that perspective, I am prepared for the job. I served as the Governor of Kaduna state where I was able to mobilise the citizens of Kaduna state, irrespective of where they came from in Nigeria, earned their confidence and they worked with me and supported me and we were able to restore normalcy that people thought was impossible.


“If I am nominated and eventually get elected; my philosophy will not be to go after the opposition. It is to see how I will work with the opposition in any area for the good of all of us while maintaining our independent political opinion over any matter. If I get nominated and get elected and I find somebody in APC who can help me do what I want to do, I will look for you without demanding that you join the PDP. I will leave you to make that decision on your own.that is the kind of politics that I want to see happening in Nigeria.” He said.

He added: “We must also thank the APC for working for us because they have been working for us. They have refused to govern well, they have been fighting each other. They are many things for which we can thank them. There is no way the executive and the legislature can work again as one . The is no way the party can be cohesive again. There are elements in government fighting each other and there is nobody to call them to order. We should not expend our energy when somebody is working for us.

He said it would be illicit for the APC to defer its tradition.


Makarfi anyway offered the Buhari adminitrstion go-ahead in the battle against insurrection, yet said the victories recorded would have been overwehlming if the organizations of the legislature had been cooperating.

On the battle against debasement, the PDP presidential wannabe said it was specific.

Be that as it may, the gathering said its rules for the 2019 presidential essential race were not prepared.

The individuals who have shown enthusiasm for the PDP ticket are previous Vice President Atiku Abubakar, previous Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, previous Minister Tanimu Turaki, previous Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarua and Gomber State Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo.


National Organizing Secretary Austin Akobundu in atstement yesterday stated: “We wish to state categorically that the party is still in the process of drawing up the guidelines for its presidential primary election.

“It is therefore misleading to claim that the party has ‘listed its guidelines’ not to talk of the cost of nomination forms.

“At the appropriate time the proposals will be presented to NEC of the party which will approve as it deems fit.

“Only then can one say that it has the guidelines for the 2018 presidential primary election.”

Akobundu said that the gathering's National Working Committee of the PDP was focused on holding fast entirely to the PDP Constitution.


He noticed that the constitution in Chapter 8 (50) (1) awards NEC the ability to figure the rules for wannabes in any of its Party Primaries, the presidential essential comprehensive.

“The authentic guidelines for PDP presidential primary election will be released as soon as they are considered by the organs of the party.”