National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, has said that the South-West must remain in the mainstream politics of Nigeria.
Nwodo, who said this in Iresi, Osun State, stated that the zone had much to gain by remaining in the mainstream politics and in the PDP.
The PDP chairman and his wife, Dorothy, were on Saturday conferred with the traditional titles of Bobare and Yeye Bobare, respectively, of Iresi Kingdom.
In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Ike Abonyi, Nwodo described the Action Congress of Nigeria as the winner of the 2007 gubernatorial election in Ekiti state as a temporary set-back.
He urged the PDP members to present popular candidates to ensure victory for the party in 2011 and beyond.
According to Nwodo, the South West, like every other zone is very strategic to the party and every effort must be put in by all to sustain it.
The chairman said that the party would reclaim Ekiti in subsequent elections.
Nwodo urged party members in the zone to unite and sustain the true position of the party in the region.
He warned that “only harmony and spirit of accommodation in the party can help them realise the dream and aspiration of numerous party members.”
The chairman advised the PDP leaders to play an inclusive- politics and give members sense of belonging.
During the occasion, the statue of President Goodluck Jonathan who did his National Youth Service in the town in 1981 was unveiled.
The community erected the carved statue of the then youthful President wearing his National Youth Service uniforms.
Nwodo commended the National Youth Service Corps for making it possible for the President and the community to meet. The communityhad adopted President Jonathan as their child.
The ceremony, which was also marked as Iresi Day, was witnessed by many dignitaries led by the Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola; his deputy, Erelu Obada; representative of President Jonathan, who is also the Minister of state for FCT, Navy Capt Caleb Omoniyi Olubolade ; and South -West party officials among others.
But in a swift reaction, the National Publicity Secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the PDP had left the South-West worse than it found it.
“The question we should ask them is, ‘What has South-West gained from the PDP government? What has happened to Lagos—Ibadan Road, Lagos-Abeokuta Road, Ogbomosho-Ilorin Road?” he asked.
Mohammed said that except for building Nigerian National Petroluem Corporation mega stations, the PDP government had not impacted positively on the zone.
Source:http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2010110814114837
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