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Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has expressed hope that God and Nigerians will give the Peoples Democratic Party another opportunity to rule the country, again, in 2019.
He also revealed the pitfalls of the PDP, and what the party must do to grab power in 2019.
Bode George said this, when he hosted the South-West zonal executive of the party, led by Eddy Olafeso, which paid him a working visit. George premised his declaration on what he called the poor performance of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government.
According to him, “Nigerians have seen the two sides of the coin and they have an opportunity to decide, based on your performance, based on the trust that they have in you. God is a God of second chance,” he said and dismissed President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as “lacking the capacity to put smiles on the faces of Nigerians.
Bode George said for the main opposition party to launch itself back to reckoning, it must do away with imposition of candidates which he noted was the major reason for its pitfall.
“If we want to win, we must tell ourselves some home truths and go back to our drawing board. We must be just, we must be fair and we must be equitable.
“We should learn from the mistakes of the past. The penchant that ‘I am in charge, I can do and undo,’ it must end. So, let us learn that there must be justice, fairness and equity. It is a tripod: if we remove any of these three legs, we are going nowhere. If we don’t do that, we are wasting our time.
“So, all we need to do is gather ourselves together and let us give the best hands to manage us through this storm. We need experienced captains to take us to our destination. I wish them well.”
He also revealed the pitfalls of the PDP, and what the party must do to grab power in 2019.
Bode George said this, when he hosted the South-West zonal executive of the party, led by Eddy Olafeso, which paid him a working visit. George premised his declaration on what he called the poor performance of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government.
According to him, “Nigerians have seen the two sides of the coin and they have an opportunity to decide, based on your performance, based on the trust that they have in you. God is a God of second chance,” he said and dismissed President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as “lacking the capacity to put smiles on the faces of Nigerians.
Bode George said for the main opposition party to launch itself back to reckoning, it must do away with imposition of candidates which he noted was the major reason for its pitfall.
“If we want to win, we must tell ourselves some home truths and go back to our drawing board. We must be just, we must be fair and we must be equitable.
“We should learn from the mistakes of the past. The penchant that ‘I am in charge, I can do and undo,’ it must end. So, let us learn that there must be justice, fairness and equity. It is a tripod: if we remove any of these three legs, we are going nowhere. If we don’t do that, we are wasting our time.
“So, all we need to do is gather ourselves together and let us give the best hands to manage us through this storm. We need experienced captains to take us to our destination. I wish them well.”