The Federal Government has dismissed the planned alliance between former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi.
The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, wwho is recating to the move by Atiku and Obi, said the Federal Government was not disturbed about the planned merger or alliance.
Idris said anybody was free to collaborate and meet, adding that the question, for him, was what happened after the talk and numerous meetings.
He said President Bola Tinubu’s works would speak for him in 2027.
“We are focused on delivering on the mandate handed over to President Tinubu. With the good works the government is doing, he is already the toast of Nigerians.
“So, they will continue to support him. Just a few days ago, the Federal Government inaugurated three critical gas infrastructure projects in Imo and Delta states to drive the country’s gas sector. The projects are the ANOH-OB3 CTMS gas pipeline and ANOH gas processing plant in Assa, Ohaji/Egbema in Imo State.
“The President also inaugurated the expansion of the AHL gas processing plant 2 gas project in Kwale, Delta State. The social security programme is ongoing. The Compressed Natural Gas project is there as well. Dry farming initiatives have taken root, and so many other projects that will benefit Nigerians are either ongoing or in the pipeline.
“Tell me, how will the meeting of those two men be an issue? No, we are not worried at all. The government of President Tinubu is focused and not disturbed,” he said.
Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, said said his principal and his administration were not bothered by the move by Atiku and ‘his gang of desperadoes’.
He said, “We are only surprised that they are plotting just one year after an election they lost. They are still behaving like sore losers.
“We are not bothered by the games they are playing, as they are revealing their mindset. They are mere politicians who only think about the next election.
Similarly, the Deputy National Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nze Chidi Duru, welcomed the idea of the merger, saying “It is good for democracy. It will give Nigerians more options to choose from. For me, I am up for anything that will deepen democracy, other than the usual ones we have been having.
“However, I doubt if such an arrangement could come to fruition.”
