Leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has assured that the party would not impose any candidate on the people in future elections in the country even as it will not allow the influence of individual politician to take over the party.
National Chairman of the party, , Alhaji Bamanga Tukur made this known at the weekend while speaking in Enugu at a town-hall meeting with stakeholders of the party in the South East region.
Tukur maintained that gone were the days when politicians hand-picked candidates for the party, affirming that time had come for the party to be properly rebuilt in order to ensure equity and justice.
Identifying what he described as “sharing formula” as the major challenge facing the party, Tukur urged the stakeholders to embrace peace and harmony as well as imbibe the spirit of sacrifice as that was the only way the party could retain its status as a true national party that respects the yearnings and aspirations of the people.
He said, “We have come here today to appeal to you to forget your differences. Let PDP win elections through reconciliation and understanding. We must ensure equity and justice in all our actions. We must be our brothers’ keepers.
“We must allow people to choose who they want. Party will henceforth give tickets based on the wishes of the party owners who, of course, are the people. It is one man, one vote. By the time, you aggregate the votes, you see that our party will continue to win and win,” he noted.
While assuring party memebrs of his readiness to make the much needed sacrifice in the interest of the progress of the party, Tukur vowed that party supremacy must be respected at all times, as the PDP remained the only political platform that would unite the country and take it to Eldorado.
Tukur added that the country had been greatly blessed by God with all the natural endowments, noting that what the nation needed most in order to overcome its many challenges were the right attitudes, education and empowerment, among others.
Governors of Enugu State, Sullivan Chime; Ebonyi State, Martin Elechi and Abia State, Theodore Orji, represented by his deputy, Chief Ananaba, members of the national and state assemblies, ministers, among others were present during the meeting.
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