Monday, March 4, 2019

APC vs PDP: What we’re doing to retain power in Adamawa – SGF POLITICS

By okechukwuvitusblog March 04, 2019 Leave a Comment

Published on March 4, 2019
By Fikayo Olowolagba
RELATED TOPICS:
Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election,
Secretary to the Government of the Federation
(SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha says misunderstanding
among APC stakeholders in the state is being
resolved to ensure that the party retains the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
there has been trading of blames among APC
chieftains in Adamawa over the slight loss by the
party to PDP in the presidential election.
Mustapha told newsmen on Monday in Yola that
he had met with party stakeholders in Abuja and
was in Adamawa to further iron out all differences
to ensure that the party approaches the election
as a united family.
“I can assure you that we are doing very much in
that regard; we had a meeting in my office and
my visit now is in furtherance of the meeting.
“We are going to come out more stronger, more
united, focused with sole resolve of retaining the
governorship; we’ll retain Adamawa within the
family of APC,” he said.
The SGF said that Buhari’s supporters should not
worry over the loss to Atiku by 32,000 votes in
Adamawa, considering the fact that Atiku is from
there and had put in a lot to win the state.
“We were not defeated if you look at the scenario;
having the opposition candidate from Adamawa, a
former Vice President who is known in Adamawa
politics for over 20 years.
“We put up a formidable fight to narrow PDP
votes to the gap of only 32,000, while our
candidate (Buhari) gave PDP a wider gap of
900,000 votes in Katsina.
“And if you look at the entire votes in North East,
APC exceeded PDP by two million votes; we got
3.2 million, while PDP got 1.2 million,” Mustapha
said.
He assured that the North-East, like other parts of
Nigeria, would not regret voting for Buhari.
He disclosed that N55 billion had been earmarked
for the take off of the North East Development
Commission in the 2019 budget.
Mustapha explained that N10 billion of the
amount was earmarked for the setting up of the
commission’s office and N45 billion for its
intervention programmes.
Subscribe to Daily Post. Advertise with us.
Send us enquiries, press releases.