By Dennis Imo
Former National Chairman of the Progressive Peoples’ Alliance PPA, the political party which won governorships in Imo and Abia States in 2007, Chief Sam Nkire has called on President Bola Tinubu to consider forming a government of national unity, in the event that he wins the next presidential election, in the interest of peace.
Chief Nkire who was also the founding National Secretary of the PPA said in a statement in Abuja that judging from the prevailing global economic crisis which also affects Nigeria, the best way to ensure peace in the land was to involve both the opposition parties, critics and indigenous experts in the next government.
According to Nkire, pioneer member of the National Caucus of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, “going it alone again would mean ignoring the feelings of the people and excluding Nigerians who have something to offer; while President Tinubu and APC take responsibility for the bad policies of global leaders as well as that of past Nigerian governments”.
The elderstatesman opined that what Nigeria needs at this period of universal hardship was peace and unity and not anxious moments, adding that, “when good and patriotic hands are all on deck for a national course, there is bound to be a better outcome”.
The former political party boss further stressed that forming an all-inclusive government would be a strategic economic and security move aimed at staving off the trouble which the already tensed and harsh environment might engender.
Chief Nkire further advised President Tinubu and fellow party leaders and members that it would be more profitable to Nigeria if the APC ran a peace and unity driven government, with additional people oriented policies; rather than a dispensation which results in crises and endless protests such as seen in France, Germany, Spain and other places.
