Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Speaker Yakubu Dogara, has given reasons for dumping the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) saying the party was not committed to keeping the promise it made to Nigerians at both state and federal levels.
The Speaker Yakubu Dogara who explained this when he submitted his nomination and expression of interest forms at the PDP secretariat in Abuja on Thursday, said APC’s initial agenda of bringing positive change to Nigeria had been thwarted by “the rebelliously wayward sense of entitlement of some people.”
Speaker Yakubu Dogara taking to his social media page, explained his reasons to be:
“For some of us who are here who are wondering, because it has been said that I cannot move from where I was to, perhaps, any other political party, that discussion has been ongoing, so today’s event marks the end of all speculations”
The Speaker Yakubu Dogara also explained how he is returning home and to the party he helped to build, saying:
“To begin with, I was a founding member of this party, which is what a lot of people do not know. I worked with Professor Yohanna Madaki of blessed memory, as a junior counsel, and we helped to put together the first PDP Constitution. For anybody who doubts that, I have the rough working sheets with me today, I can produce it.”
“So, this is home to me but on account of certain developments, I had to leave the party for another party for Nigeria’s nationhood, then believing that we were teaming with spirited people to build a new Nigeria.”
