Former Deputy National Chairman
of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has
identified the real problem with the former ruling party.
George, who is aspiring for the
National Chairmanship seat of the party, said the greatest problem facing the
acclaimed largest party in Africa was impunity.
He, however, expressed hope that
when elected as chairman, he would bring back the party’s lost glory and
possibly regain power back from the All Progressives Congress in 2019.
On what the party needed to do to
win the trust of Nigerians again, George said, “We have to convince Nigerians.
You as a marketer, you have taken a product that was in the market before to
the people and they waived you away, saying we don’t want it because it’s not
effective, you know what you sold before, you had done a post mortem analysis
on where the product went wrong, what is the thing that the people don’t like,
what are those things that affected the product that our people used to love so
much, that it was the beauty of every home, then you will get it right.”
Speaking on the problem facing
the party, the PDP chieftain told Leadership that, “The post mortem of the PDP
shows that impunity was a big problem. Today somebody wins at the party’s
congress, you send his name as the winner but when the results are out, even
before he reaches the doorstep, it’s been changed because of some interest, how
do you retain members loyalty in such a circumstance?
“You disobey so many lawful rules
and you think it’s going to be rosy? No. Those of us who started with the
original concept, who knew what we sold to the people, the good product we
produced and the people bought, we know what to do about it again.”
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Yes tell them.cos same its happening right in Delta state now is selection of LGA chairman. The Governor and formal Governor are wanting their loyalist to return unopposed,this is not good for the party system. Now alot of people are crossing to opposition because of this fact. but if it can be rectified now,things will work better.
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