A chieftain of the party, Prof. Jerry Gana has said that as a result of poor governance in the country and the blunders of the APC, Nigerians are now eagerly waiting for the PDP to return to power in 2019.
He made this known during a consultative meeting between one of the aspirants of the National Chairman, Prof. Tunde Adeniran who met with the delegates of the party from North West in Kaduna on Monday.
Gana said, “Nigerians are tired of APC and they are eagerly waiting for us (PDP) to put our house in order. Agreed we have made mistakes during our 16 years of reign in government but we have learned our lessons and we are telling Nigerians that we are sorry.”
According to him, “We have a duty to restore the hopes of many hopeless Nigerians who now see the PDP as an alternative platform to take over power in 2019.”He told the delegates to use their votes wisely in electing a leader that will take the party to the promise land, saying, ‘Prof. Adeniran is the man that can do that for the party and ordinary Nigerians.
According to the PDP stalwart, they decided to support Adeniran for three reasons: When the party wanted to make a headway in the Southwest in 2003, he helped us to mobilise the people of the zone, secondly, here is a man if elected, the ruling APC will not witch hunt him over corrupt charges, and lastly because as one of the founding fathers of the party, he would move the party forward.
Also speaking, a former National chairman of the party, Dr. Okweziele Nwodo remarked that this is the last hope of our party to come back to power and we only do that by voting for people who have the vision of our founding fathers.
He implored delegates in the zone to do the needful by electing Adeniran because he is a true party man who has seen everything since the return of this democratic dispensation.
Speaking during the event, the aspirant, Adeniran described the Northwest as the political nerve centre of the country.“I believe if I come to you and appeal to you and we join hands with other zones as your friend and brother, you will support me in the crusade of building a new a new party,” he said.
