by Ranti Joseph

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is ready to move forward from their crisis saying that it has put behind the recent challenges that confronted the leadership adding that its National Working Committee (NWC) is firmly in the saddle and very determined to stabilize and re-engineer the party to retake its preeminent place in the polity.

In a statement by the National publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh on Saturday, the party said the voluntary resignations of its National Chairman, Ahmadu Mu’azu and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) Tony Anenih have become the huge sacrifice for the rebuilding process.

“Though our party in the past few weeks has been in the news more for internal challenges than for preparations for active opposition, effective mechanisms are being put into place by the NWC to reverse the trend, while leveraging on the new spirit of accommodation, the confidence and support of critical stakeholders including PDP governors and legislators-elect, as well as other officials of the party across board to return the PDP to its winning ways.
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“In the course of the campaigns, a lot of Nigerians became partisan and politically active, the love for various parties actively aroused passions in attempts to project support for their candidates. Such passion, drive and zeal have expectedly resulted in a political frenzy that has kept the citizenry and the society in a permanent election and campaign mode.”

“It is thus the desire of the PDP leadership that our supporters would channel their energy towards becoming active members in their various wards, local government areas and states to boost our support base across board for the task ahead.”

“Mistakes have been made, lessons have been learnt. We must therefore leverage on the new spirit of oneness and our collective determination to regain preeminence, intensify efforts towards a speedy rebuilding of our great party while retooling for a forceful, yet highly credible opposition to regain power at the center.

“We believe that only a peaceful, credible and constructive opposition can guarantee us seamless path to victory in 2019. To achieve, this all hands must be on deck. Currently, our great party is searching for an appropriate and suitable replacement for the National Chairman from the North East geo-political zone. In this regard therefore, we expect that our committed members should turn their focus on this very important task, which is essential in the repositioning process.”

Metuh urged all its members across the country to continue to work with the leadership at all levels while ensuring that they are not in any way distracted by certain forces including those working for the APC who are still bent at using a section of the media, especially the social media as well as sponsored protests to instigate further discordance in the PDP.

Janeth J