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Former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode George, has blamed the current economic hardship being experienced by many Nigerians on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Saying Nigerians are waiting for 2027 to kick the All Progressives Congress (APC) government led by President Bola Tinubu out of Aso Villa.
This was contained in a news conference by George to commemorate his 79th birthday on Thursday in Lagos. He, therefore, emphasized that PDP members and leaders must use the forthcoming National Convention to rescue the party.
He said, “As a loyal party man who lives, thinks, talks, breathes and defends PDP, I have never left this party since it was formed. So, today gives me a great opportunity to deliberate on the future of our party.”
“Even as elders of the party are preparing to meet on Nov. 28 in Abuja to chart the way forward, I owe it a duty to declare openly that all is not well with our party. In fact, our party is derailing.
“This is unfortunate because the crisis in our party has further complicated the present tragedy in the socio-economic indices of our dear nation.
“I am raising the alarm today that our party is at the precipice of a dangerous looming crisis. If pending critical party issues are not urgently addressed.”
George, who is a life member of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), bemoaned the crisis in the party.
He stated that while the party leadership was trying its best to ensure all members had a sense of belonging, some ‘desperados’ were doing everything possible to thwart their efforts.
George, therefore, called on PDP to unite.
He noted that the party’s founding fathers who had gone to the world beyond would be crying in their graves. This is because PDP has become “a shadow of itself due to selfish interests of some members”.
The Deputy National Chairman described as disheartening and pitiable, a situation where some pretentious members, were already working for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the build-up to the 2027 elections.
He said, “They have one leg in PDP and another leg in APC. Such chameleonic characters are the ones trying to dictate the direction of this party.
“In the name of everything that is dear to our great party, this pretension must be stopped immediately by patriotic members of this party.
“Since the first elective convention of our party in 1999, when PDP was handed over to some of us as national officers, we have never had it this bad.
“If the PDP must rescue Nigerians from the vicious grip of APC in 2027, this must be a major agenda during our NEC meeting in Abuja,” George said.
The former Deputy National Chairman expressed the belief that PDP was the only party that could save Nigeria. He, however, noted that the party must be ready to seize the opportunity to move the country forward.
He said, “The party must not allow disloyal elements to continue to use the platform for their selfish interests.” “Disloyalty is a very grave offence”.
“Unless we are united, with equity, fairness and justice being the pedestal for any political decision taken, this party will be heading to disaster in 2027.
“If we want to win the 2027 presidential election, we should not allow ourselves to be divided. And those with divisive tendencies should be told in clear language that ‘Enough is Enough’.
“We must change the narratives now. So, that we don’t embark on a suicide mission, a self-destructive journey for our party in 2027.
“With the suffering in the land and the mismanagement of the economy, Nigerians are waiting for us in 2027 to kick APC out of Aso Villa.”
George, therefore, urged the PDP members and leaders from the North to the South to use the forthcoming PDP’s 99th National Executive Committee meeting as golden opportunity to bury their differences.
He said, “We should use the opportunity of the NEC to bury our differences and put on our thinking caps.”
The party should do everything humanly possible to ensure that the PDP does not go into the dustbin of history in 2027.
source: NAN
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