Former Deputy National Chairman
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has criticised the National
Working Committee (NWC) of the party for failing to secure victory in the 2023
presidential elections.
George made the statement while
speaking to journalists in Lagos.
He faulted the NWC for deviating
from the established procedures designed by the PDP’s founding fathers for
conducting primary elections and congresses, stating that it is important to
return to these established processes to improve the party’s chances in future
elections.
“Having worked at the national secretariat for 10 years, the problem that resurfaces in every electoral period is very simple. It started during the period of Uche Secondus, and I wouldn’t like to undress my party publicly. It is a monumental crisis, but very simple to handle.
“The way the founding fathers
designed the handling of primaries and congresses, they altered it; I won’t say
more than that,” Bode George stated.
“But that is the major issue
plaguing the party. You know our party is not owned by an individual, but some
people play and pretend as if they are working for the party. Those are the
issues that we will discuss when we get back in the inner chambers of our party
and we must change them. That was the methodology used when I was there and
there was no crisis.
“A typical example is the
primaries in Lagos either governorship; they will send people who don’t live
here and who have no business here to come and conduct primaries. How can
somebody from outside know your house more than you and by the time they land rather
than allowing people to vote, they will be looking for the aspirants and they
become their Automated Teller Machine, ATM.
“And once they finish, they will
run back to the national organising department to affirm the person they
supported. But I won’t expand more than that, and that is the major crisis
which you see because, if you go to the bottom and do your primaries at the
wards and local government levels and create division at that level, how can
you fight the outsiders.”
George called for a reconciliation
committee to address these issues and pave the way forward for the PDP. He
stressed the importance of conducting a thorough review of the party’s
experiences in each state during the 2023 elections.
“There should be no short
approach; sweeping everything under the carpet is a foolish way to do it. We
must set up a committee that will go around the country, move state by state,
and make inquiries about their experiences, what happened to finances, and the
political aspect. How were the primaries conducted in each state? Who did
what?”
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