- * Asks PDP To Go Back To The Drawing Board
By David Odama
Ahead of the 2023 general elections in the country, the former Minister of State, FCT, Senator Solomon Ewuga, at the weekend, advised former President Goodluck Jonathan against heeding to calls by some persons or groups to re-contest the 2023 presidency.
Ewuga said the move would not only rubbish him but drag his credibility and the international recognition to the mud. The former lawmaker also asked the People's Democratic Party (PDP) to go back to the drawing board and correct all the past mistakes of the party if it is ready to return to power in 2023.
Senator Ewuga who spoke during an exclusive interview with our correspondent in his residence in Abuja, said the credibility and the international recognition earned by the former President, Goodluck Jonathan following the acceptance of his defeat in the 2015 Presidential election should not be sacrificed.
According to the one-time Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, "If you ask me, the credibility and the international recognition earned from his singular act in 2015 is much more than sacrificing the position on the basis of coming to serve Nigeria again as the president.
"Those calling on Jonathan to return to the Aso Villa were the same people who rubbish him during the 2015 general elections", Ewuga declared.
Ewuga who lamented the hardship Nigerians were going through, blamed the situation on bad governance. He urged Nigerians to play politics devoid of religion and ethnic sentiment; elect leaders of proven integrity and competence to avoid plunging the nation into another unbearable situation.
According to the former governorship candidate of the opposition PDP in Nasarawa State, "the next dispensation Nigerians are anxiously waiting for should not be allowed to thrive on blames which are often anchored on tribal, ethnic, religious or political sentiments.
"We cannot wait for another chance to rescue Nigeria if we fail to take advantage of the failure of the present ruling government by returning People's Democratic party to power come 2023", Ewuga stated.
He assured that his native Eggon nation in Nasarawa State was becoming formidable to speak with one voice against manipulations and divisive tendencies that has characterized elections in the state. Ewuga also assured that issues around the Eggon nation and other tribes were being addressed for amicable resolution in the state.
While revealing his intention to contest the governorship elections in 2023, Solomon Ewuga appealed to all Nigerians, the PDP, and other political parties with interest of the country and the people at heart to rise against the current hardship in the country. NNL.
