It’ll Be Disaster if APC fails Nigerians –Dogara

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, warned on

Thursday that it would be disastrous for the All Progressives Congress-led government to fail Nigerians.

He said Nigerians placed so much hope on the APC’s government to salvage the country, a reason they fought so hard to end the 16-year reign of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Dogara spoke in Abuja when he received the Governor of Bauchi State, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, at the National Assembly.

“Our people have witnessed bad leadership, especially in the last eight years.

“It will be a disaster if we don’t save this situation,” he told the governor.

The speaker cited the case of Bauchi State, where he recalled that the support of the people for the APC during this year’s polls was overwhelming.

He added, “Everybody knows the passion of our people in Bauchi State.

“They embraced us against all odds, because they feared the kind of situation in which they found themselves under the last regime and they needed change and thank God we came with this promise of change.

“To be candid, God has set for us the platform through which we can deliver this change.

“Today, 12 of our members are all of the APC; three of our senators are all of the APC. We have a governor who with the whole of his team, are all members of the APC.

“Thank God and thanks also to President Muhammadu Buhari, who really saw the kind of love the people exhibited in the course of the campaigns. And to be candid, in his own way, he has discharged all the burden a father can do to his supporters or children.”

He called for unity among the various groups in the state and asked them to back the APC -led government to deliver the change to them.

Abubakar had earlier commended the speaker for the manner he had been able to stabilize the House in the last six months.