Loss of presidency good for PDP ― Ayu – says not zoning presidency a tactical move

The ouster of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from power and its replacement by the All Progressive Congress (APC) has worked in its favour as Nigerians now that they were better off with the main opposition party.

This is according to the national chairman-elect of the PDP, Professor Iyorchia Ayu, who also said that the PDP might have plunged the country into a dictatorship or become complacent of it had remained in government.

Fielding questions from journalists for the first time since being elected, the incoming party boss said at the weekend in Abuja that his leadership will re-energize the PDP to take back power in 2023.

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He said: “My priority is for the party to take power. Political parties priorities is always to win. Therefore, I reviewed the reasons why we lost power in 2015 and going to work to unite the party, to sharpen the programs of the party, market the party to the Nigerian electorate in a way that they will be prepared to vote for us.

“In a democracy, it’s normal for a political parties to lose power. If we didn’t lose power, may be we would have become a dictatorship or become complacent. To believe in democracy…there must have been something we were doing wrong or must have done wrong that the Nigerian electorate shifted.

“But today, if we didn’t lose power, they won’t experience the policies and programs of the other party. They would think there is something better than us. Thank God we lost power. Today, Nigerian people know better.

“And I believe we will re-energize the party and take over power again, not only at the centre, but in Nigeria, there is a lot of attention taking power at the federal level.

Tribune