BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday said its South-west leaders that contested the Party’s National Chairmanship position are men of quality and credibility.
The Party therefore maintained that the National convention’s fallout cannot, in any way, diminish their standing as core nationalists and statesmen whose interests, particularly in the PDP, and the nation, are not driven by personal or ethnic considerations.
The PDP also said what essentially drives the individual and collective aspirations of the South-west leaders in the PDP remains in tandem with the vision of other Party leaders across the country, which is to rescue Nigeria from what it described as “the directionless administration,” of the All Progressives Congress (APC), with its attendant economic hardship on Nigerians.
Reacting to alleged feverish moves by the APC to create disaffection among its members; distract the party; and divert Nigerians’ attention from the colossal failure of its government, the PDP said in a statement that the “governing APC having woefully failed to stop its elective National Convention, is now in another bid to plant seeds of discord within the ranks of PDP members in the South-west, particularly on issues relating to the outcome of our hugely successful National Convention.”
The statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbodiyan said the people of the South West have, however, seen through the antics of the APC propaganda machine and would not allow themselves be deceived.
Ologbondinyan further said; “The South West leaders, who contested for the PDP National Chairmanship position are all men of quality and credibility; the fallout of the convention cannot, in any way, diminish their standing as core nationalists and statesmen whose interests, particularly in the PDP, and the nation, are not driven by personal or ethnic considerations.
“What essentially drives the individual and collective aspirations of the Southwest leaders in the PDP remains in tandem with the vision of other leaders of our party across the country, which is to rescue our dear nation from the directionless administration of the APC with its attendant economic hardship on Nigerians.
“In fretting, the APC does not seem to realize that people in the Southwest are as much victims of its misrule as other Nigerians. Those in the Southwest suffer from the current chaotic state of the economy which the APC administration has inflicted on the nation; they groan from the APC’s negative policies on foreign exchange as well as the heavy taxations that are killing industries and businesses; they suffer the misery in the land resulting from the spiral rate of inflation, decline in the stock market and decayed infrastructure,” he stressed.
The PDP spokesman also said that the APC’s attempt to plant seeds of discord among PDP members in the South west merely betrays their fears of losing control of the region.
Ologbondiyan noted that the Southwest is too sophisticated to fall for the gimmicks of the APC, adding that they cannot be distracted or deceived by baseless propaganda and cheap resort to ethnic politics.
He said; “The South-west will not fail to join other despairing Nigerians in voting out the APC in the 2019 election.
“The truth is that the APC administration, having wrecked the country, is resorting to shadow boxing to stay afloat; Nigerians are however, impatient to kick them out.
“The APC must note that their exit has become inevitable. They must note that the more they fight the PDP, the more united we become and the more Nigerians see through their deception and emptiness.
“Today, many are leaving their ranks in droves. Very soon their party will be empty and its collapse will be loud.
“For the PDP, we remain one big family committed to credible processes that guarantee internal democracy in our party. Our leaders have since revved our internal conflict resolution mechanisms and consultations in this direction are yielding tremendously positive results.”
The PDP urged Nigerians not to despair, assuring that it is now re-positioned to provide needed direction and return Nigeria to the path of unity and prosperity.
