Maduako Igbokwe l Sunday, February 09, 2020
ONITSHA, Nigeria – Anambra State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has begun mobilision and strategic plans to capture power in the state come 2021.
Chairman of the party, Chief Ndubuisi Nwobu who spoke to news men after handing over the party’s registration booklets to over 340 ward chairmen in the state at the PDP secretariat said that the party was correcting all things that would hinder it from winning the next governorship election.
According to him, the leadership was building the party so that every member will have a say on how party is being run. He also said that the party in the state no longer belongs to one man but to the masses and that everyone is being carried along.
“PDP has been failing elections in the state because some people believe that the party belongs to them. They write lists of those they want even against popular wish.Today, the leadership of the party is more focused and working towards being collective in every steps it takes. No single person can claim ownership of the party again” he said.
According to him, the leadership of the party will maks sure it conducts one of the best primaries to select who becomes the party’s flag bearer during the 2021 governorship primaries, so that everybody will support whoever emerges as the party’s candidate.
“We are going to conduct a primary that is second to none, so that anyone that fails will know that he failed honourably and he will join the party’s candidate to win the governorship election .
“We want to make sure that after the primaries, the losses will be convinced that there were no manipulations in the election process” he said. He said the registeration booklets given to wards chairmen,was part of the party’s strategic plan to reposition it for the next election.
According to him, PDP was strongly planing and strategising to take over leadership in the state and the process of taking over has begun. He said the party is in better position now to give the Anambra people better leadership, given that present government has woefully failed.
“PDP wants to return the state to its great potential which the present All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA has destroyed. Anambra was one of the states in the country that had attended to their goals both locally and internationally ,but since this government came to power, things went bad” he said.
Speaking earlier at the party’s secretariat, one of the governorship aspirants , Dr. Obiora Okonkwo, said that division among members of the party cost it 2017 Governorship position in Anambra state.
“We must win the governorship poll in the state in 2021. We can’t afford to lose again. Anambra is a PDP state from the inception of democracy in the country in 1999. We must possess our possession in 2021. We will continue to fight to make our party better. We must not toy with it, we must all be committed to making sure PDP wins the race in 2021”he said
Okonkwo urged members of the party to work hard to return PDP to power in the state after 14 years of APGA rule, saying that anything short of victory in 2021 means waiting for another eight years.
