Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed that he sees no issue with Nigeria evolving into a one-party system.
He made this known on Friday after accompanying a delegation of three senators from Kebbi State on a visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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The senators — Adamu Aliero, Yahaya Abdullahi, and Garba Maidoki — who were elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), formally announced their decision to defect to the APC.
When asked whether the increasing trend of defections from opposition parties to the APC could eventually result in a single-party structure in Nigeria, Ganduje, the immediate past Governor of Kano State referenced China as an example of a successful nation governed by one party.
“We came here so that Mr President can bless this resolution, and Mr President has graciously blessed this resolution. On Tuesday, I urge you to go and see what will happen in the chambers,” he said.
“If a one-party state is a wish and blessing to Nigeria… a one-party state is not by force.
“One party’s state is by negotiation, and it is by other political parties seeing the effect of the positive governance of our party.
“If they decide to come to our party willingly, I think there is nothing wrong with that.
“You know they say too many cooks spoil the soup — too many political parties spoil governance.
“China is one of the strongest countries in the world, and it’s a one-party system. We are not saying we are working for a one-party system, but if that is the wish of Nigerians, we cannot quarrel with that.”
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