Our doors still open to Dogara, if ... – Bauchi APC

The Bauchi State chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Uba Ahmed Nana, says the party is not interested in losing any personality to other political parties, including the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara.

Nana said this on Wednesday when he accompanied Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State on a courtesy visit to the new APC leadership at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.   

He fielded questions from journalists after the visit.

Asked whether he was worried about the possibility of losing Dogara to other parties and the reaction to the formation of rAPC, Nana said, “Whether I will be worried or not be worried if the Speaker quits the party, as a party, we will always welcome people into our fold. Our doors are always opened. So, even if a person doesn't have a political party, he cannot bring another person apart from himself or herself, he is always welcome into our fold.

“But we don't intend and we are not interested in losing anybody regardless of the status of such person. So, we will not be party to lose any person. We always pray that let there be understanding among ourselves. But if there is any person whose presence in our family will bring another complex problem, we do pray that God in his infinite mercy help us so that person will leave us alone. But we don't we will not be happy to lose a single person.

“There is no compulsion and if you look at the constitution of this nation, each and every Nigerian has the right to the freedom of association. So, there is no compulsion. But as a party, we will welcome each and every one with good intention and interest of the nation at heart so that we can build the nation together.”

The Bauchi APC chairman also dismissed the possibility of issuing any red card to party members, saying “we don't issue even yellow card talk less of red card as far as APC family is concerned. We will always welcome people with good intention of the nation at heart.”

Nana, who refuted the claim that the PDP’s popularity had soared in Bauchi State, said the APC was ready for the coming elections.

“I can tell you that we are ready to go to polls even if it is tomorrow,” he said.