IS PDP READY TO COME BACK?


In Nigeria’s democratic sphere, there are so many political parties, but there are two major political parties that have strong influence over other parties. These parties are the All Progressive Congress and People’s Democratic Party. Presently, the All Progressive Congress is the party controlling the steering of the ship of the country, and the other party is the major opposition party. The issue is: how strong is the country’s opposition?


PDP- People’s Democratic Party has been the party ruling the country for sixteen years having produced three presidents. This party has been accused of gross misconduct and mismanagement of funds by Nigerians, because of this, they were booted out of power.


This is the first time they would be in the opposition, and already, there has been mass defection to APC. It is so obvious that some politicians in PDP were just there because of the good things that had been attached to the party, but when all these good things gave way, they fled!


PDP has released a lot of press statements affirming its willingness to clinch back its lost mandate. But are they serious? They have failed to prove to Nigerians that they have changed. They are disorganized, and there are a lot of disagreements among the party members. There is mass defection of the unfaithful party members and there would be bigger defection of aggrieved members of the party. They have hardly released any meaningful statement correcting the ills of the government in power since they claim the government want silence the opposition. Some Nigerians just want the party to come back and rule the country, others do not want them to come back, they give the reason that they would do better being in the opposition where there would be no money to steal.

So, what do you think? With this level of seriousness of PDP, will they be able to win back their mandate? If APC proves its incompetency, which they are already doing, Nigerians may likely vote for PDP, or perhaps, they would prefer another party since these two major parties have been tested.

Chinwe O'Brien is a writer and a blogger. He is currently doing a degree program in English and Literature. He blogs at http://www.bettertimes.tk  He wishes to make the world a better place for all.

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