Diri Speaks On Kwankwaso Returning To PDP

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has said he will be very excited about the return of the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The governor described Kwakwanso as an astute politician who is passionate about working for a better Nigeria, stressing that himself and other PDP leaders are praying for the former Governor of Kano Sate to return to the main opposition party.

Diri made this known twhen the NNPP presidential candidate led top officials of his campaign council to visit him at the Government House, Yenagoa, on Tuesday.

The governor, who spoke through his deputy,  Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, said his administration was on same page with Kwankwaso on several national problems affecting the country.

Diri, however, pointed out that current realities show that the country could be better fixed by the PDP, adding that the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is the man to rescue the country.

The governor also described Bayelsa as one of the most environmentally degraded places in the world with an unacceptable level of poverty that requires urgent attention.

He stressed that what the state and its people need is a Nigerian president that would ensure environmental justice as well as true federalism in resource allocation and redistribution.

Governor Diri said the country was witnessing decayed infrastructure, collapsed healthcare and education systems, in addition to pervasive poverty and  insecurity.

He said, “We agree with you in terms of the need to rescue Nigeria. But you know that there is no time your fowl and another will be wrestling that you will be seen clapping hands for the other fowl.

“Earlier, you put the poser across to us that you are expecting us to join you. But I want to let you know that we are also praying hard for you to come back to the PDP, where you rightly belong.”

The NNPP presidential candidate, Kwankwaso, had earlier explained that he and his team were in the state to sell his aspiration and ideas on how best to fix the country.

He said he would mobilise all democratic forces to save Nigeria from insecurity, poverty, failed healthcare, agriculture, education and infrastructure, if elected as president in the elections scheduled for next month.

He noted that the party was not the issue, but electing the right person as president, warning that Nigerians would have themselves to blame if they did not vote “a healthy person as their next president.”