The Governor of Niger State,
Babangida Aliyu, on Saturday said a one party system in the country
will not do Nigerians any good as far as the future of the country is
concerned.
Aliyu made this known in Minna
during the accreditation exercise for the Governorship and House of Assembly
election in Niger state.
The governor said, “We don’t want a
one party state in the country, we want credible and health competition at
least between the two major political parties.
“We must do everything possible to
sustain the Peoples Democratic Party so that democracy will be entrenched
properly.
“If you recall when the All
Progressives Congress came together, I was the first person to say that that
was good for Nigeria’s democracy because it will put the PDP on its toes, not
only putting it on its toes, but will cause it to reorganise.
“We have to reorganise to make sure
that there is a credible opposition at the centre and with what is on the
table, Nigeria will realise the need to have two parties going together side by
side.”
The governor added, “In this
election, believe me, you can see by the number of people coming out. Like I
said last time, it was a kind of mobilisation that was done as a result of
issues of Boko-Haram, economy and competence and I think Nigerians have made
their point in the last elections.
Aliyu however believed that the PDP,
at the end of the day, would make it at the state level.
“In this local election, people can
be assessed by what they are capable of doing and what they will do in the
future and based on that, they cast their votes accordingly,” he said.
Two-party state good for Nigeria – Aliyu
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