Shehu Gabam, the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has disclosed the topics he discussed with Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate former governor of Kaduna State.
Gabam stated that his party has done nothing wrong by engaging in negotiations with the former Kaduna governor during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today show on Thursday.
Why all the commotion about Malam Nasir El-Rufai? They claim that he is not important. He is nothing. Why is El-Rufai a concern? Why is Segun Sowunmi a concern? If they are significant, why won’t the government assign them the appropriate responsibilities they require to improve government efficiency?” he said.
He stated that the purpose of the gathering was to strategically analyze the nation’s state as a whole in 2024.
“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 thing APC did when PDP was misbehaving; they reorganised, 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,” he said.
The SDP chairman went on to say that Nigeria has never experienced the economic suffering it is currently experiencing and that ministers in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet lack the ability to forward the president’s goal.
He emphasized that Jonathan’s opposition began within two years prior to his election loss and stated that no president elected to a four-year term who faces problems during that time can endure.
