Doguwa has criticised Kwankwaso’s claims that Nigerians will vote out
APC in 2027, urging him to prepare for retirement instead.
The Chairman of the House of
Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Hon. Alhassan
Doguwa, has replied to the statement by the presidential candidate of the New
Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general election, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso,
that Nigerians would vote out the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027
polls.
Kwankwaso, while speaking at a
political gathering in Kano on Thursday, said Nigerians, especially
northerners, were tired of the APC and would change it in the 2027 presidential
election.
Reacting in a statement issued
in Abuja on Saturday, Doguwa said Kwankwaso was yet to recover from the defeat
he suffered at the hands of President Bola Tinubu during the 2023 presidential
election.
According to him, the former
Kano State governor was hallucinating about the 2027 election.
Doguwa, who represents Tudun
Wada/ Doguwa Federal Constituency of Kano State, said Kwankwaso should stop the
hallucinations and face his imminent retirement from the political scene in
2027.
“At a political gathering on
Thursday, my colleague in the House of Representatives in the 3rd Republic,
Kwankwaso, took his hallucination to the moon when he said Nigerians are tired
of APC and will change it in 2027. As we all know, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
is not leaving any stone unturned in his quest to return our country to the
path of progress and prosperity for the benefit of all,” he said.
Doguwa said President Tinubu
took over the mantle of leadership in the country 16 months ago when the
economy was in terrible shape in all spheres.
He said that since assuming
office on May 29, 2023, President Tinubu has been working genuinely to correct
the fiscal misalignments, the bane of the country’s economic downturn.
Under President Tinubu, Doguwa
said the country has attracted foreign direct investments worth more than $30
billion in 16 months.
He said President Tinubu has
paid a forex backlog of $7 billion and cleared the ways and means of over N30
trillion he inherited from the last administration.
“President Tinubu reduced the
debt-service ratio from 97 per cent to 68 per cent and kept our foreign reserve
at $37 billion. Only this week, the Economic Stabilisation Bills have been
transmitted to us in the National Assembly to stimulate our productive capacity
and create more jobs and prosperity in the country,” he said.
In the area of security, he
said the government had eliminated over 300 Boko Haram and bandit commanders,
including Kachalla Halilu Sububu, who terrorised the people in Sokoto, Zamfara,
Katsina and Kaduna states for over five years.
“A fresh air is already
permeating the North-west, given the onslaught against these bandits. Our
people are now returning to their farms. We pray for a bumper harvest. We are
also grateful to Mr. President for establishing the North West Development Commission
to hasten up the reconstruction and rebuilding of our geopolitical zone, which
is the food basket of our country,” he said.
He expressed optimism that in a
few months, the hardship being faced in the country will fizzle out as the
president’s numerous interventions bear fruits.
He urged Kwankwaso to free and
stop remote- controlling the Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf.
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