I insist, Jonathan signed for one tenure – Aliyu

Goodluck Jonathan and Babangida Aliyu

Minna — Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State has insisted that President Goodluck Jonathan signed a single term pact with some governors of the Northern part of the country ahead of the 2011 presidential election.

Speaking at the Minna National Discourse on Corruption, jointly organised by Niger State government and the National Planning Commission in Minna, yesterday, the governor said what he said was correct and that he could not change what was the truth.
“If to be truthful is to be literate, I stand by what I said. I am happy with what some people have said about the PDP.  I see them as somebody holding something and you are telling him hold it better or it will fall down.
“So we should look at the on-going problems as issues we must confront, issues that we must correct and that agreement made in secret both at the same  fora is same as the one made in public,” the governor remarked.

He said he still remained a committed member of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and that any criticism by people, especially members, was to make the party “wax stronger and stronger.”
With the theme of the National Discourse as confronting ‘Trends of Indiscipline, Corruption and Disregard for Rules and Regulations in Nigeria’, Dr. Aliyu described corruption as a cankerworm that had eaten deep into the fabric of most Nigerians which must be stopped if the country had to make progress.
Former  Federal Permanent Secretary, Dr. Hakeem Ahmed, in his contribution, described PDP as “a failure since its inception and it is now heading for the rock.”
He called on members to salvage it. If not leave it because there are other boats,” he remarked.

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