The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has revealed strategies that must be adopted by the party in order to reclaim power from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2019.
The former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Bode George, who stated this on Friday, July 22, said that appointing a credible person, as the PDP National Chairman, would determine the performance of the party in the 2019 presidential elections.
He added, that it was necessary for the national leadership to appoint a credible person to lead its party.
The Lagos politician, declared that for the party to appoint someone who had no understanding of the direction and manifesto of the party, it would be catastrophic for the party in the 2019 general elections.
Recall, that David Mark, a former Senate President, had few months ago revealed PDP’s plans on the 2019 presidential election.
He revealed that the party is to nominate only popular candidates to win the hearts of every Nigerian.
According to the former Senate President, the imposition of candidates during the general elections of 2015, was the reason why the PDP ended its 16-year rule.
On July 14, the national caucus of the PDP in Abuja, agreed that the next National Chairman of the party would come from the Southern part of the country.
The body also agreed that the party’s Presidential candidate would come from the North in 2019, to square up with Buhari of the APC.
Speaking, Chief George said : “The Chairmanship position coming to the South, means if the party is serious, the party must look for a credible, responsible and respectable person, who has the network and experience. It has to be a person who has the details of the party, and not some ‘bambino.’
“The PDP must avoid going from frying pan to fire,and bring an appropriate person. Anybody lower than the level of the Chairman of the APC will be inappropriate. We have to get somebody that will be at par in political experience and understanding of the tenets of the party,” he said.
According to George, appointing an inexperienced person will be to the detriment of the party, which was previously in government for 16 years, before it was defeated by the APC last year.
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