Buhari should seek inputs from other parties to rescue Nigeria —Gadam, SDP chair

The national chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam, at the weekend, blamed President Mohammadu Buhari for not seeking inputs from other parties on the solution to the nation’s problems.

Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune in Abuja, he said the president concentrated on the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the quest for panacea.

He said the country needed a listening and sensitive leadership that would be in full control of the affairs of the country with inputs from other stakeholders.

“I have said it severally the president deserves not much advice because of his security background, a former military governor and a former military head of state.

“He has service chiefs, whose responsibility is to provide intelligence with others around him to guide him on what to do. But, we as politicians that also have a key role in peace and stability of the nation are not being involved. The president has not invited political parties for consultations for input on the way forward .

“For instance, June 12 was declared Democracy Day, the SDP was not consulted. They felt we are not relevant. Even if it wasn’t the SDP that was registered under the military regime, it is the same SDP that is bearing every logo associated with the former SDP and the winner of the annulled June 12 presidential election, the late Chief M K O Abiola.

“Now, if you don›t invite political parties  that are dealing with the grassroots, dealing with issues of conflicts and conflicts resolution for inputs, how do you move the nation  forward? It is a deceit,” Gwadam said.

He stressed the importance of collaboration and inclusiveness in governance, decrying the decision of the president to ignore a series of correspondence from SDP on the state of the nation and the way forward.

“Once you invite parties to give advice surely, you will get some of the best advice. It is left for you to use or dump them. But we have done our statutory responsibility. So, in the absence of the president feeling that he does not need other political parties except his own party, (APC) there is nothing anybody can do.

“We cannot force ourselves on the president. SDP has written to the President for a courtesy visit severalty but he never responded. So all we need to do, we have done it and it is getting too late.

“The magnitude of the damage that is being inflicted on the country is massive. So, the president needs to find a way out as the Commander-In-Chief because the buck stops at his table. He cannot shift the blame to anybody. Nobody has the monopoly of knowledge.”

“He should carry other political parties along.  Nigeria belongs to all of us and not Present Buhari alone. He is only lucky to be elected as the president; he should know that he needs others to succeed,” the SDP chairman said.

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