Kano lawmaker wants Jonathan to reconcile PDP members

Published: September 6,2013

The lawmaker wants a reconciliation of the ‘big family.’

A member of the House of Representatives, Bashir Babale, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to reconcile all aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Mr. Babale, who represents Ungoggo/Minjibir Federal Constituency in Kano State, said the current crises rocking the party needed the dynamic intervention of the president.

The lawmaker said on Friday in an interview with newsmen in Kaduna that measures should be taken to reconcile the “big family”.

“It is an opportunity for him to bring sanity within the party and I have a strong belief that he will do that,” he said.

He said reconciliation was part of politics and would help to move the party and democracy forward.

Mr. Babale expressed concern over the threat by the National Chairman of the party, Bamanga Tukur, against dissenting members, saying it was not in the best interest of the party.

“I think the constitution clearly spelt out how a member would lose his seat, it is not within the purview of the party chairman to decide who can lose his seat.

“It is all about leadership; some people within the party are not comfortable with the pattern at which the party is being run and because we are running a democracy they have the right to protest and said this is how we want things to be,” he said.

He also commented on the emergence of the All Progressive Congress, saying it would not be a threat to the PDP in 2015.

(NAN)