Matawalle Urges Governor Lawal To Openly Join APC Rather Than Sneaking Into Party

By Akinwale Kasali

Bello Matawalle,  Minister of State for Defence, has stated that Governor Dauda Lawal is welcome to the All Progressives Congress, APC, with open arms, if he is willing to openly dump the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Zamfara State, rather than sneaking into the APC through the bavk door.

Matawalle, a former Governor of Zamfara, made the call at his residence in his hometown Maradun, while receiving thousands of his supporters who paid him Sallah homage.

Matawalle said the APC is a Party of leaders with humility and respect, advising Governor Lawal to join the APC.

The Minister said instead of the Governor trying to sneak into the party, the Governor should come out in the open to follow the proper channel to join the party rather than hide-and-seek type of game he is currently playing in joining the Party.

He added that he has no  grudges with the Governor to join the party and therefore urged Lawal to embrace the party by joining the trailblazers of security, progress, developments, peace and transquility.

Matawalle said, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a progressives leader, a good manager of peace and tranquility and is always focusing on the development of the country.

“He is welcoming all wishing to join the trailblazers of peace, harmony growth and development, so Governor Lawal should be bold enough to join the APC”, he said.

He however assured his teeming supporters of his commitment to their welfare and wellbeing and urged them to continue to support the present administration of President Tinubu for the realisation of its Renewed Hope Agenda, particularly in the areas of security, agriculture, health, social wellbeing and economic development.

He added that the President has Zamfara State at heart and is always looking forward to salvaging its current situation of insecurity and economic hardship, calling on the people of the State to give their maximum support and cooperation to this laudable desire of the President Tinubu administration.

He recalled the efforts by the Tinubu administration of eliminating several terrorists Kinpins and their foot soldiers who were hitherto terrorising the state, the region and the county in general.

He said the President has recently ordered the security operatives to bring to an end the spate of insecurity in Northern Nigeria before the end of the year and the Ministry of Defence and  security high Commands are tirelessly working out modalities and method and modus operandi to ensure compliance with the Presidential directives.

Matawalle accused Zamfara State Government of not doing very well in terms of fighting banditry in the State, instead, ventured into deceiving the people.

He said during his time as the Governor of the State, people enjoyed and witnessed rapid and meticulous clamping down on security, freedom, welfare and social wellbeing of the people of state, unlike the current happening under Lawal’s administration in the state, where people, including members of the PDP are grumbling of the type of leadership in the State.

He, therefore, challenged Governor  Lawal to openly disclose the amount of money he is receiving monthly, to justify the development projects he is claiming to have executed so far in the State.