House of Representatives member Wale Ahmed has said that the opposition alliance being mooted by aggrieved politicians will flounder ahead of the next general election.
He said the gang-up cannot threaten the electoral chances of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)
Ahmed, who represents Agege Constituency in the Lower Chamber, said APC is enlarging its coast and waxing stronger ahead of 2027.
He said: “Democracy permits alliances, that is, parties, now smaller parties, working together. But the implication is that the ruling party is waxing stronger. It is a welcome development. Opposition is required in a democratic setting. It is their inalienable right to regroup, to conspire and plot.
“I speak for my party. It is enlarging its coast. It has midwifed a performing government. More opposition stalwarts are defecting to the APC, inside and outside the parliament.”
Ahmed observed that “the greatest alliance in this Fourth Republic is the alliance, indeed, the fusion of ACN, ANPP, CPP, a fraction of APGA and PDP, to produce APC.”
He described the APC as a product of determination and sacrifice by legacy leaders who were united by similarity of ideas and the resolve to serve the country.
He said APC is poles apart from the peculiar desire of some desperate politicians to get power to satisfy an ambition or ego.
Ahmed added: “Forming an alliance by self-serving politicians is a hard route. The clash of interest, the conflict of ideas, the antagonistic ambitions, and the refusal to make sacrifice are stumbling blocks.
Trust is key. They were together before, I mean those thinking about alliance now.
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“When the proposal for alliance is solely characterised by the propagation of particularistic agenda and projection of a single or personal interest, without utter consideration for the larget, collective and comprehensive interest of the groups and the country, the deal will flounder. That is why the targeted partners are withholding or withdrawing their involvement and endorsement.
In Ahmed’s view, “Alliance building must factor in national interest and not simply the projection of self and self-serving priorities.”
He stressed: “The building blocs are records of honesty, mutual agreement, sincere partnering, not use and dump, sacrifice, fidelity to ideas, trust, mutual confidence and capacity for risk taking.
“Some of these components I can’t see in the futile exercise being mooted by driver of the proposed alliance. It looks like an alliance for the benefit of one single individual.”
