In the thick of agitations for an Igbo President or someone from the South East extraction come 2023, former Aviation Minister, Osita Chidoka has lamented that no Igbo Presidential aspirant signified interest at today’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention.
According to the Federal Road Safety boss the presidential posters of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal flooded the arena.
While the aspirants brandished their posters and banners, no Igbo man with presidential aspiration as much as shared a leaflet.
Yesterday, Saturday, 29th of October, while jogging on the streets of Abuja, Chidoka posted his wishes for the new PDP.
In musings titled “PDP Convention on My Mind” Osita Chidoka list his wishes to in the following terms:
“As I ran under the sweltering heat of Abuja this morning, my thoughts swirled around the PDP convention coming up tomorrow.The convention will go well, new National Working Committee members will be elected, everybody will go home, and life will continue.
“The issue for me is the day after the convention; what will be the agenda for the new NWC members? My random thoughts on a possible agenda, will the NWC
“1. Galvanise the Party as a truly national party living up to the concept of the umbrella?
“2. Develop a coherent and alternative policy plan to rescue Nigeria?
“3. Stem the exit of high profile members and rebuild the Party in the weak zones of North West and Northeast?
4. Engage the new voter demographics of 18 to 35 who do not remember the robust PDP years of 2003 to 2014?
“5. Build a party digital and election infrastructure at par with INEC and capable of delivering a PDP candidate in 2023?
“6. Craft a new narrative that is inclusive, hopeful and forward-looking. President Buhari tenure is over, Nigeria is on its knees economically and security-wise. Can PDP refocus its messaging to offer credible alternatives and reinvigorate its base while winning the undecided?
“7. After the electoral convention, we need a policy convention. We need to recalibrate. PDP is not benefitting from APC’s misrule, that perception and reality must change. Osita Chidoka 29 October 2021“
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