IN his
characteristic
bluntness, Niger
State Governor
Muazu Babangida
Aliyu, has
declared that
there is no
morality in
politics. He stressed that politics is all about lying and
if one cannot lie, then he or she has no place in the
game.
The governor went on:”If you cannot lie, get out of
politics. Anything you are involved in has its own rule.
You are in politics to win, win first and let other things
follow. Don’t be the one crying louder; lest you will be
the one they will take to court.
“If you are talking of honesty or morals, go and
become an Imam or pastor. Politics cannot be the way
it used to be. The challenges are more now, the
variables have changed, the issues that we are going to
face in 2015 are different from the ones we faced in
1999 and we must bear this in mind.
“Our society is not as grateful as it used to be, the
values and morals have gone down. If you want to win,
use the modern morality.
“We have worked for the people. Politics is not about
sadaka (giving alms), politics reminds people of what
you have done. Go out and remind the people of what
we have done.”
Aliyu, who stated this while inaugurating Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial campaign
committee, affirmed that it would win the 2015 polls at
all levels because it had a sellable candidate.
He, therefore, directed that no stone should be left
unturned to ensure that all the PDP’s candidates from
the House of Assembly to the Presidency become
victorious in the elections.
According to him, “we should go from house to house,
neighbour to neighbour, room to room to ensure we win
the election. We have to do it that way for us to get
somewhere.”
Aliyu told PDP supporters not to allow themselves to
be intimidated by anybody especially the opposition
party, insisting that “once you enter a project with fear
you are bound to fail.
“All members of the gubernatorial campaign
committee, those of the House of Assembly, and the
senatorial campaign organisations and those of the
House of Assembly must therefore come together to
ensure that the PDP and its flag bearers win all the
elections slated for next month without competing with
each other,” he further stressed.
The governor also directed all political appointees who
could not make the membership of the campaign
committees to consider themselves as mobilisers for the
PDP candidates.
He warned that they would be held accountable in the
event of failure in any polling unit and that any of the
appointees who did not want to work for the party
should resign his or her position.
He challenged all members of the campaign
committees as well as the political appointees to ensure
the party supporters at the grassroots were carried
along in their activities.
He added: “Our party must reinvigorate, we must
consult officers of the PDP at all levels, we should work
assiduously to ensure total victory.”
On the governorship candidate of the party, Umar
Mohammed Nasko, Aliyu described him as the best to
happen to the state especially because he was a youth,
asking the electorate to queue behind him.
Speaking on behalf of the committee, its Director
General, Alhaji Aminu Yussuf who is also the state’s
secretary of the party, assured the PDP of total victory in
the February election.
Yussuf said the party would change its tactics and
strategy in areas where traditionally it had had
problems in previous elections.

Look at his face.

So this man mean Jonathan is too straight forward that is why pdp is losing ground?