The Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, quoted Fayose as making this call on Monday in Lagos when he held a closed-door meeting with the PDP national chairmanship aspirants
Browsing: Chief Bode George
The PDP elders were unequivocal that the only thing that can make the party relaunch itself fully ahead of the 2019 elections was to uphold the Port Harcourt zoning decision, which conceded National Chairmanship of the party to the South West
Due to the peculiar situation that the PDP has found itself today, the personality of its next leader must inspire rebirth, renovation, freshness and reassurance. Quite strategically, the PDP needs at its helms a youthful, digital, new generation thinker who can seamlessly deploy the agility and creativity of the young alongside the experience of the old
Speaking with journalists in Lagos on Wednesday, George described the PDP December 9 national chairmanship election as the crossroads at which party members could not afford to take a wrong turn
This sidekick to this development is that beyond the one-sided narratives from what is fast looking like a one-party state Nigerians are expecting robust issue based campaigns with rhetorics, promise and options of “better life” and improvement of living conditions.
The President of the pressure group, Prince Henry Okpekpe, made this known in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The Northern Youth for Real Change made the call in a statement signed by its Director of Publicity, Abdullahi Tafida, in Abuja on Saturday.
Babatope, a former Director of Organisation in the defunct Obafemi Awolowo’s Unity Party of Nigeria, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that he was fully in support of George’s ambition.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that George spoke at the Murtala Mohammed Airport 2, Lagos, where he was received back from Abuja by PDP party faithful and supporters.
They pledged commitment to the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee of the party and debunked rumours that they had defected to another political party
The Publicity Secretary, however, said the PDP would have achieved more than Ambode within the same period if its governorship aspirant in the 2015 elections, Jimi Agbaje, had been elected
The organs expressed the support during the party’s stockholders meeting held at Ekiti State House in Abuja
Freedom Online, according to a statement by its Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Gabriel Akinadewo, is focusing on how to tackle unemployment during the lecture
“The ruling party should get ready for serious engagement because we have started a cohesive battle ahead of 2019.”
According to George: “The PDP is not down and out
“One of the most important aspects of which is the proper and excellent restructuring of the party’s organs; the wards, from the local government to the national level
George, who spoke in London, said Saraki’s emergence is an indication that former Governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, “is five minutes to his political sunset”
“He (Mu’azu) has done the honourable thing to do and that is why PDP is different from other parties. Mu’azu is a foundation member of the party, a founding governor. He has followed the path of honour like President Goodluck Jonathan. I wish him the best of luck
Rising from a meeting under the aegis of South West Presidential Contact and Mobilization Committee hosted by the Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, in Ado Ekiti, the leaders also frowned at the impeachment moves by the 19 lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress of the Ekiti State House of Assembly against Fayose
Speaking with Vanguard, on the PDP’s defeat at the polls, George said: “What will I be doing here? I can decide to go and live anywhere. Look at everyone surrounding him (Buhari)
Bode-George takes over from Olufemi Ajayi, who is now the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund