Atiku Abubakar, Waziri Adamawa has formerly resigned from the All
Progressives Congress (APC). In the statement of his resignation he noted: “Be
that as it may be, after due consultation with my God, my family, my supporters
and the Nigerian people whom I met in all walks of life, I, Atiku Abubakar,
Waziri Adamawa, hereby tender my resignation from the All Progressives Congress
while I take time to ponder my future.
First of all I congratulate the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar
for the bold step he took in tendering his resignation for the second time on
the grounds of party infidelity towards its principles, and wish that the
reasons he gave for leaving the party were indeed to shun corrupt practices and
not for selfish reasons.
Decamping from a party and joining another has become a political
character of Nigerian politicians that we wonder if it is for the well being of
the citizens. There is need to note the consequences of changing from one party
to another to find out if it is healthy or destructive to the leadership of
this nation. I doubt if it is healthy and wish for a stable political
atmosphere.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State is known for defecting from one
party to the other, depending on the one that is more promising. Before the 2015 elections, many Nigerian
politicians defected to APC like no man’s business because they saw that the
air of victory seemed to blow around it. Most of our leaders decamp from a
party when they foresee that people have lost hope in that party and will likely
vote that party out in the next election. It is not necessarily because that
party has failed to deliver in its promises.
It is not hard to create a problem, what is hard is to solve a created
problem. Our leaders are the ones creating the problems in their various
parties but instead of them to solve that problem; they prefer to decamp to a
more promising party, only to find out that the same problem followed them
there.
Someone whose house is on fire ought to rally round to quench the fire
and not run away from his house. Is it in practice for a man to run away from
his family to another family because there is a problem in his family? Is that
not a show of cowardice? Is he not expected to think for a solution and solve
his family problems?
This issue of running from one party to the other is not helping our
dear country. It is a child’s play that must stop because it is a game of
python. They make us believe that it is for good and that they mean well, while
in the actual sense they are just after their political ambitions; however it
is achieved, to them, it doesn’t matter.
We appeal to those concerned to please look into the constitution that
guide politics and parties in Nigeria and amend the political laws of Nigeria.
The healthy laws that are not been followed should be enforced. Something
should be done to maintain a stable political atmosphere. Enough of party
prostitution!
Written by Olive Chinyere
Amajuoyi
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