By our reporter
The Gbenga Hashim Solidarity Motion (GHSM) has declared that former President Goodluck Jonathan won’t get pleasure from a “free trip” to the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Celebration, PDP, in 2027.
Reacting to remarks credited to Prof. Jerry Gana suggesting Jonathan’s potential comeback on the PDP platform, the GHSM Nationwide Coordinator, Abdulrazaq Hamzat, confused that the PDP flagbearer would solely emerge by an open and clear course of according to the Electoral Act 2022.
“With due respect, Prof. Jerry Gana is entitled to his enthusiasm in regards to the return of former President Jonathan. Nonetheless, solely PDP delegates to the nationwide conference can choose the get together’s flagbearer, and finally, God Almighty will decide the end result, not just a few get together stalwarts,” Hamzat stated in a press release.
Hamzat argued that Nigerians are craving for progress, not a return to the previous, warning that Jonathan represents an “previous order” many voters are able to consign to historical past.
“The Jonathan period can’t be painted as an ideal time. It was a interval when the range of our nation started to be deeply mismanaged, rekindling ethnic tensions and non secular bigotry, a legacy that has sadly worsened below subsequent governments,” he added.
He additionally revisited Jonathan’s overseas coverage file, faulting Nigeria’s choice in 2011 to interrupt ranks with the African Union and assist NATO’s intervention in Libya.
He described the transfer as a “strategic blunder” that destabilized the Sahel and aggravated insecurity throughout Nigeria, Mali, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, and different West African international locations.
On home governance, the GHSM chief insisted that Jonathan nonetheless has inquiries to reply on corruption allegations that trailed his administration, notably the notorious Dasukigate arms procurement scandal.
Hamzat, nevertheless, affirmed that the PDP stays a democratic platform the place no aspirant, together with former presidents, ought to anticipate automated endorsement.
“If President Jonathan needs a return to Aso Rock, he should be able to sq. up with nationally unifying aspirants resembling Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim in an open and clear major,” Hamzat declared.
He maintained that Nigerians deserve recent management and a brand new imaginative and prescient to deal with the nation’s challenges, insisting that “the one manner ahead is ahead, not backward.”
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