There is no political crisis in Nigeria as widely speculated, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Affairs, has said.
Gulak said this on Wednesday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen at the National Assembly Complex.
“I always say that there is no political crisis in Nigeria. What we are witnessing is mad pursuit of unrealisable ambition by few people who are blinded by ambition.
“These set of people cannot see anything good in their country and they have refused to adhere to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“They have refused to know that this country is governed by the constitution.’’
Gulak said that though every Nigerian was free to pursue his legitimate ambition, it should not be allowed to bring down the country.
“We have our constitution, we have our electoral Act; and if you go (the way of) the party, we have the party’s constitution.
“All legitimate pursuit of ambition should be done within the extant laws,’’ he said.
The political adviser said that he was at the National Assembly to cement the relationship between the Executive and the Legislature.
“The purpose of my visit is part of the processes of trying to meet our friends, discuss with them and move the country forward.
“We intended to meet the Speaker, but unfortunately he is not around.
“This is another arm of government. It is not out of the ordinary if the Adviser to the President on Political Matters visits the National Assembly.’’
Gulak said that President Goodluck Jonathan would never be part of any move to destabilise the National Assembly.
“You know Mr President will never and cannot be part of any move to destabilise the National Assembly, he said.
He described the National Assembly as the `pillar’ of President Jonathan’s administration.
“The National Assembly is the pillar of this administration that stabilises the polity.
“Destabilising it will not be good for the country and Mr President is aware of that,’’ he said.
Gulak said that the 25,000 dollars bribe allegedly given by the Presidency to some members of the House to impeach the Speaker was not true.
“All these stories are figments of people’s imagination, especially those who believe that they ought to be in the lead in this country and not the present leadership.”
