The National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, has said he is doing his best to make sure that President Goodluck Jonathan wins the March 28 Presidential election.
Mu’azu is being criticised for not doing enough to sell the candidature of the President in the North where he hails from.
Apart from not embarking on campaign different from the ones organised by the party’s Presidential Campaign Council in the states, he is also being criticised for allegedly not speaking against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
Like Mu’azu, Buhari is from the northern part of the country.
The former governor of Bauchi State, however, insisted that he had been working for the re-election of the President, adding that he had been doing this in conjunction with the party’s Presidential Campaign Council.
Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Tony Amadi, Mu’azu also said there was no need for him to embark on any private campaign apart from the one organised by the party.
Amadi, who spoke with our correspondent on the telephone, said, “He is working with the presidential campaign’s directorate. He doesn’t need to organise his own campaign.
“He is also doing a lot of work to reconcile warring factions of the party in his state. He doesn’t rattle around unlike others. He also doesn’t go about with retinue of journalists to do his job.
“The chairman is fully committed to the re-election of the President and he has been working well for this.”
Also, the National Publicity Secretary of the ruling party, Mr. Olisa Metuh, said that as one of the founding fathers of the PDP, “Mu’azu has continued to add immense value with his mature and decent approach to issues in keeping with the tradition and vision of our great party.”
He said this disposition had continued to attract support across board for President Jonathan.
The party’s spokesperson added that it was incontrovertible that the national chairman of the party had been at the forefront of presidential campaign train and that “he enjoys an excellent working relationship with President Jonathan, as exhibited in their bond at rallies, visits and meetings with stakeholders across the country.
Metuh said, “Whereas we recognise the zeal and enthusiasm of some of our supporters who are repaying the opposition in their own stock, our national chairman, as the face of the PDP, has remained restrained despite numerous unwarranted provocations, a stance which does not in any way detract from his commitment to the campaigns but reinforces our values and dedication to unity, peace and stability of our dear nation.
“This exemplary style of politics played a significant role in reducing the tension in the polity ahead of the elections and has also endeared our party to a majority of Nigerians and key stakeholders in the electoral process.
“It is to the credit of the National Chairman that his leadership stabilised our party at its critical moment and successfully achieved unity among our leaders and members while strengthening the confidence of Nigerians in the PDP as the only vehicle to deliver democracy dividends to them.”
SOURCE: Punchng.com