For APC, PDP, It’s Time to Rebuild and Reconcile
Chuks Okocha and Adedayo Akinwale write that the two major political parties, All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party maybe faced with similar challenges of reconciling aggrieved members to determine the future of their groups ahead of 2023
Abubakar had charged his party to focus on rebuilding and strengthening the party for the challenges ahead of the 2023 elections. Before the November 16 governorship elections, Wada and Idris were still in the court seeking to determine the authentic governorship candidate of the party. Also, all is not well with the PDP as the former governor, Ibrahim Idris who governed the state for eight years is having problems with the party in the state over who controls its structures. He is drawn into a battle with his son, Suleiman over who controls the party machinery in the state.
Already, the Independent National Electoral Commission has said that it will conduct 28 court ordered rerun elections on January 25. This should serve as a wake-up call to the PDP This should be seen as a direct challenge to the PDP to boost its confidence among members. With proper rebuilding and reconciliation, the party should be able to test its general acceptance by winning some of these bye elections. This will prepare it for the Edo and Ondo state governorship elections.
The committee is chaired by the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, former Interim National Chairman of APC, Chief Bisi Akande as the Vice Chairman, Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Ahmed Wase; Sen. Tanko Al-Makura; Sen. Kashim Shettima; Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor; Alh. Nasiru Aliko Koki; Sen. Khairat Gwadabe-Abdulrazak; Sen. Binta Garba and Sen. John Enoh .
Other members of the committee are; Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari; former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi; former governor of Borno State and serving senator, Kashim Shettima and Honourable Ahmed Wadada . The spokesman of the party had in a statement said, “Through the suspension, our party has shown the capacity and willingness to implement its own rules and enforce discipline when there is an infraction. We have also shown that no individual is above discipline and that the party would always apply equity and justice in the day to day running of the party.”
The party under Oshiomhole was also able to ensure that its favourites emerged as the presiding officers of the National Assembly. Despite the ups and downs, the Oshiomhole-led NEC has not done badly, but the increasing call for his removal is becoming deafening. In yet another statement released prior to the National Executive Council meeting of the party, Lukman called on Oshiomhole to convene NEC meeting in order to resolve some of the lingering crisis in the party or resign immediately.
Okorocha stated, “When we run a party on bases of sentiments, then we are going to have problems that the PDP had in the time past. For God’s sake, if somebody is not doing a proper job, he should be shown the way out so that others can take over. We have more than 100 million people in this country, you can find one who can do a particular job. But when we bind ourselves with sentiments, then we are going to have a lot of challenges.
No doubt, in months ahead, the way the ruling party handles it internal crisis may determine whether the party would survive after the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari or his exit from power will mark its end.*Atiku Abubakar charged the PDP to focus on rebuilding and strengthening the party for the challenges ahead of the 2023 elections
* The role played by former President, Goodluck Jonathan before and during the elections is circumspect. A faction of the party accuses him of working against the party
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