APC is a real national opposition party –

Saraki

Abuja - Former governor of Kwara State and chairman, Senate Committee on Environment, Dr Bukola Saraki, has described the newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC) as a real national opposition party and an alternative to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Thursday after observing the Eid-el-fitri prayers, Senator Saraki said the registration of APC is good for the nation’s democracy “because it makes it more competitive and the electorate will not be taken for granted.

“At least for now, you have a national opposition. We have been saying that the issue with the opposition parties was that they were regional and they were not national. And I think for once, we truly have a national opposition party which I think is good.”

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