Dr. Abdul Jhalil Tafawa Balewa, the son of a former Prime Minister, has expressed his disappointment in the leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for adopting President Goodluck Jonathan as its consensus candidate for the 2015 general elections.Mr. Balewa, who is also eyeing the presidential seat disclosed in Abuja when receiving the National Association of Niger Delta Students, (NANDS), who came to endorse him as their candidate for the poll, said that the development was a shameful act and unconstitutional.
He compared the rate of development in the country to the speed of a snail under the leadership of President Jonathan, saying that the fact that the country currently generates less than 4,000 Megawatts of electricity was enough reason for anyone to go mad and vote out Jonathan.
Son of the former Prime Minister said, "The consensus arrangement is very shameful. We used to blame APC for not having internal democracy but we that have it, if you look at the people who gave the consensus they have loads of baggage behind them.
"Consensus is not in the constitution of the party. I have been a member of the PDP since 1998 in USA. I am not going to any other party. I will rather insist on growing democratic principles in the party.
"I have been very active politically within PDP. I have travelled the length and breadth of this country. I believe I know Nigeria a lot more than anybody else. For me, it is not clamour for power to return to the north. I see Nigeria diving into the abyss. I can rescue it and will rescue it.
"I do not know what it is that we are transforming but Nigeria is not moving the way it should. We can have near zero unemployment and improve education and power. There is no reason why Nigeria, so rich in coal, should have this kind of energy problem."
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