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Ahmed Makarfi, chairman of the caretaker committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has advised party members to refrain from insulting the government of President Muhammadu Buhari over its “daily failures”.

The chairman rather urged his party men to channel their energy towards proffering a “better alternative” to the government in power.

“Dear party members, instead of insulting the government of the day as they continue to fail daily, let us provide a better alternative,” read a message he personally endorsed on his Twitter account.

“Insults will not make Nigeria work, but solutions and a better alternative will.”

Insults will not make Nigeria work but solutions and a better alternative will. -AM

— Sen. Ahmed Makarfi (@SenMakarfi) July 19, 2016

Dear party members, instead of insulting the government of the day as they continue to fail daily, let us provide a better alternative. -AM

— Sen. Ahmed Makarfi (@SenMakarfi) July 19, 2016

Makarfi was appointed to lead the opposition party on May 21, but Ali Modu Sheriff, factional chairman of the PDP, has been struggling with him for control.

On Monday, Sheriff vowed that there would be no peace in the party until Makarfi resigns.

Going by the party’s plan, Makarfi will step down on August 17 after the emergence of a new chairman at the party’s convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital.

The chairmanship slot has been zoned to the south.