Dogara’s defection in perspective vanguardnews
When in the build up to the 2019 general elections, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, quit the All Progressives Congress, APC for rival Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; one of the reasons he advanced to justify his action was the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to deliver on the much-hyped change agenda.
For journalists who were yet to settle on a story angle, Dogara made their day as his remark relegated other speakers like former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and the then Senate President, Bukola Saraki to the notch of “meanwhiles.” “Why are we segmenting salaries and why is payment of salaries of state workers outsourced to a private firm as consultants?
In his reaction, former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode described Dogara’s return to the APC as “unbelievable and totally inexplicable.”That said, the former minister had to intercede on behalf of Dogara, saying “my prayer is that God delivers Yakubu and cause him to retrace his steps and come to his senses. It is never too late to return to the light and I believe that one day he will.”
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