Fashola also noted that the current opposition parties are learning how difficult it is to form a merger.
By Kehinde Okeowo
Former Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, has said opposition parties in the country are now finding that forming a coalition is not a ‘tea party’.
He made this known recently while speaking at a stakeholders meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos.
Fashola noted that only the APC has been able to successfully conduct a merger, adding that the coalition eventually ousted the then ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He went on to note that those who stood in opposition to the APC when it emerged are “now trying to form a coalition”.
While addressing the gathering, Fashola said, “Those who stood in opposition against our emergence are now trying to form a coalition, and they are seeing how difficult it is to form a merger that produced the APC.”
“History will tell you that that is the only merger that has occurred in Nigeria’s political history. They said it can’t happen but it happened. The opposition can’t do their own.”
The former Minister of Works added that though members of the ruling party are already warming up ahead of the next election, the campaign is yet to start.
He pointed out that the electoral law stipulates when the campaign is expected to start before the election.
He said, “I know that people are already warming up but the campaign has not started yet. The electoral law stipulates when the campaign should start. Our party is organizing because we are progressives.”
“If they ask you why we said we are progressive, it’s because we are determined to improve the human condition.”
