By Lateef Ibrahim with agency report
A former Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday said those in the opposition are seeing how difficult it was for President Bola Tinubu to form a coalition that produced the All Progressives Congress, (APC).
Fashola said Tinubu should be commended for the emergence of the APC.
He spoke during an APC event in Lagos State for the endorsement of Tinubu for a second term.
Fashola said: “Well, this meeting is coming up at a time when some of 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 the merger that produced APC. And history will tell you that it is the only merger that has occurred in Nigeria’s political history, it was difficult, they said it will not happen and it happened.
“But the opposition can’t do their own. And they are now seeing the long road and the difficult road that we walked back then that makes us sit where we sit today.
“So every commendation is due and worthy for all our leaders, those who make this party possible, especially the President and all of the people I see here and those who are not here.
“Trust me, one of the most difficult institutions to run is a political party because it thrives on numbers.
“At the same time, it thrives on the freedom to enter and the freedom to leave. And those who run parties, honestly, have all the support and all the respect that we can give them.”
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