Yar’Adua, Jonathan never criticized Obasanjo, PDP better at politics than APC – Buhari’s ex-aide, Ahmad
A former media aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, has stated the Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP, was extra skillful in approaching politics than the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Ahmad identified that former Presidents Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan by no means criticized ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo as a result of they have been from PDP.
He lamented the choice of some officers of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to repeatedly fault Buhari’s authorities for the present financial hardship within the nation.
Posting on X, Ahmad wrote: “I usually marvel why, as a authorities, we focus extra on amplifying the faults of the earlier administration reasonably than acknowledging its quite a few achievements. The PDP appears to have a extra skilful strategy to politics than we do within the APC. As Abdul’aziz has identified, it’s uncommon to search out situations the place President Yar’adua’s (PDP) authorities criticized President Obasanjo’s (PDP) or the place President Jonathan’s (PDP) authorities faulted President Yar’adua’s (PDP).
“There are quite a few accomplishments from the earlier administration that we may construct upon whereas discreetly addressing its failures. This strategy would convey up unity throughout the ruling celebration. President Tinubu requires the total help of his celebration, not only for the upcoming 2027 elections but additionally for supporting his insurance policies. We all know irrespective of how good they could look, the opposition will at all times discover a option to garbage or undermine them simply to distract our celebration from governance.
“Since Might 2023, we appear to have offered extra ammunition to our opponents reasonably than methods to place them on the defensive, which might permit the federal government to focus extra on persevering with to ship its greatest for the nation.
“If we had not been creating room for PDP, how may a member of the celebration even come right here and remind us about their administration? The celebration spent 16 years in the course of the oil increase with out something tangible to point out for it.”