{"id":53944,"date":"2021-07-03T06:22:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T05:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=53944"},"modified":"2021-07-03T06:22:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T05:22:53","slug":"zamfara-governor-matawalle-reveals-why-he-dumped-pdp-to-join-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/03\/zamfara-governor-matawalle-reveals-why-he-dumped-pdp-to-join-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"Zamfara governor, Matawalle reveals why he dumped PDP to join APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Zamfara state, Bello Matawalle has revealed why he dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>According to Matawalle, the issue of insecurity in Zamfara state will be effectively dealt with now that he has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/29\/breaking-zamfara-governor-matawalle-officially-dumps-pdp-for-apc\/\">Zamfara state governor, Matawalle defected to the ruling party<\/a><\/strong>, All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=unEps7k7fJo\">Osasu Show programme<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on Friday, Matawalle noted that with his defection to the ruling party, the state will enjoy the dividends of democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The governor also said his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC is nothing out of the ordinary, adding that Zamfara will experience growth as a result of his decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue of security is not just for APC or PDP. We have to put all hands on deck so that we can solve that problem,\u201d he said,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitics is about interest and confidence. Many of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/16\/politicians-behind-attacks-in-imo-should-repent-or-face-gods-wrath-uzodimma\/\">politicians<\/a> have changed from one party to another, so it is not a new thing and I decided to change so that I can bring more peace to my state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have achieved tremendous successes, particularly on the issue of banditry where we used kinetic and non-kinetic approaches. These approaches we used, in particular \u2014 dialogue \u2014 it worked but you know that even with the approach of dialogue, we have to bring a political solution to it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I want to make sure that during this my tenure, I\u2019ll bring everybody in the state together under one basket; that we should forget our political differences, work together, try to bring more peace to the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a ruling party where we have the senate, members of the house of representatives. We are stronger and I believe people will benefit more than before. Where my hand does not reach before, now I can get what I want.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe with this coming together, I\u2019m going to work hard with my other colleagues so that we can get more from the federal government, particularly on the issue of insecurity. Even before I decamped, I knew the arrangement Mr president had made to bring more equipment to our security agencies to fight the criminality in the northern region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe we will get more troops to come and flush out the criminals. I assure you that you\u2019ll see a lot of changes, because we will get more improvement on each facility that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed hope that within the next three months, Zamfara would have undergone \u201ca lot of tremendous changes\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Zamfara state, Bello Matawalle has revealed why he dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to Matawalle, the issue of insecurity in Zamfara state will be effectively dealt with now that he has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). 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