Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Nigerians – youth and adults – to embrace the renewed effort toward rebuilding the nation in order to tackle the menace of insecurity, economic hardship and other challenges Nigerians are experiencing under the present All Progressives Congress (APC) government.
The National Chairman of the Party, Uche Secondus, during the PDP National discourse held today in Abuja under the theme ‘Nation Building: Resetting the Agenda,’ called on Nigerians to rescue the nation by voting in a transparent government that will serve the people’s interest.
Describing PDP as a democratic party, Secondus noted party’s motto ‘Power to the people’ made PDP handover power to the opposition in 2015 as that is the demand of the people.
“Today…It is not only our party but the generality of Nigerians who are in pain and by the grace of God we thought it necessary that this is the time for this conversation. You need competence, capability,capacity, experience to govern a complex state like Nigeria, and this is clearly lacking in the ruling government, however PDP has gathered this needed experience over the years.
He added: “As PDP, we are evolving from who we were to who we ought to be. A principled party of avowed democrats who are committed to building a strong nation whether we are in government or opposition. We are a party that has been through various challenges, ups and downs, good and bad, failure and success, promotion and demotion and yet we are still standing.
“We are a party that despite our differences possesses a strong unity of purpose. We are a party that has lost and won; celebrated and mourned. We spot talent and nurture them and our track record speaks eloquently for us. Our appeal is universal regardless of ethnicity, creed or religion.”
He however said the Party could not do it alone but rather wants Nigerians to concert their efforts to ‘Rescue Nigeria.’ He charged responsible and responsive citizens to: Register to vote, hold elected leaders accountable, seek only candidates that will deliver, vote by voting right and support the ‘Rescue Nigeria’ initiative in its entirety.
Today, Nigeria’s image has nosedived. On corruption, the latest transparency international index in Nigeria has worsened; APC cannot fulfill their promises, so they resort to harassment, lies hunting down the opposition; which is a clear case of selective fight against corruption.
In their very government, cases that have been investigated by National Assembly are not taken to court and Nigerians are witnessed to this.
Our party will never condone corruption in any manner or in any form, we condemn it in its entirety; it is only in PDP that court people are ready to stand anywhere to defend themselves when accused of corruption.
It was during the PDP’s sixteen years of government that all anti-corruption agencies were established, we laid that foundation…we insists that fight against corruption shouldn’t be selective, And of course we know that APC’s anti-corruption fight is very selective.
Security:
On security, Boko Haram is now spreading under a new name, called ‘herdsmen’ that has been tormenting Nigerians, killing them in thousands. This is the first time in this country that lives don’t matter anymore.
Everyday, our media is awashed with staggering numbers of killings in its endless stream of blood-letting fueled by incompetent leadership.
Details soon
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