Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West have said that for the party to make a headway in its plan to fix Nigeria,it must begin to practice a culture of inclusiveness where the Southern part of the country is fully represented.
In the light of this, the Stakeholders have asked the National Chairman of the party, Dr Iyorcha Ayu to resign.
This is contained in a statement delivered by the Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde to the Presidential Candidate,Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday in Ibadan when he met with some stakeholders of the PDP. in the South-West
Makinde stated that the South West had no issues with the party or its presidential candidate but noted key challenges which must be addressed .
“The truth is that we do not have any issue either with our party or our candidate. If there are challenges they must be tabled.
“We are supposed to give hope to our people, we want them to listen to us.
“Our party wants to rescue Nigeria and our candidate is a unifier. He wants to restructure Nigeria
“Eight years of the All Progressives Congress have left us sharply divided. The issue is we must practice what we preach. If we want to unify Nigeria, we must unify the PDP first.
“If we want to restructure Nigeria, we must have the willingness to bring inclusivity to the PDP. Do we have the capacity? The answer is resounding yes.
“The message from the South-West PDP is the South-West is asking that the National Working Committee of the PDP should be restructured.
“We are asking the National Chairman to step down so that the South will be fully included. That is the message.”
The South West position is same standpoint of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike and some key members of the PDP.
They argued that it is unconstitutional to have the chairman and presidential candidate to emerge from one region of the country.
