Bomba Dauda
People’s Democratic Party Chairman, Hon. Edward Masha Percy, said, I’ve dedicated myself to consulting with critical stakeholders to strengthen our party, reunite members, enhance confidence, and consolidate its place as a beacon of hope for the people.
Adding that, Six months into this remarkable journey, we’ve recorded successes, overcome challenges, and opened new frontiers for the party’s rebound.
Masha made these comments during a media chat at party’s office in Kaduna, yesterday.
Masha went further saying, We faced challenges, including the APC’s planned rigging of the 2024 LG Council elections which we thwarted and a wave of defection that saw some of our stakeholders, including elected office holders, join the ranks of the ruling APC.
Notwithstanding, we have remained unshaken and committed to working with leaders to retain our three senators, surpass the six number of our members of the House of Representatives, the about a dozen members of the House of Assembly, and other critical stakeholders.
We’ve also initiated a healing process, led by Hon. Shuaibu Idris Miqati, which genuine members have embraced, opened our doors to welcoming and receiving progressive people from other parties and laid a strong foundation for a political movement to oust the APC and restore good governance in 2027.
The Uba Sani administration’s “Sustain Agenda” which was designed to SUSTAIN the painful policies and programmes of his predecessor has made life more difficult and hopeless for citizens, with security challenges, mediocrity, corruption, poor project execution, flagrant abuse of due process, and excessive waste of public resources, especially in organizing flamboyant groundbreaking ceremonies for projects that were either never executed or completed.
There has been an increasing reign of terror, with bandits and kidnappers having field days in Kauru, Kaura, Zangon Kataf, Kajuru, Lere, Birnin Gwari, and a host of other areas, mainly because of the state government’s failure to complement the efforts of our federal security forces. Hunger is ravaging, workers unions are striking, our hospitals in disarray, and rural infrastructure has been neglected, and the state government remains clueless.
Thankfully, our legislators have provided viable alternatives, delivering boreholes, classrooms, laboratories, healthcare facilities/equipment, scholarships, empowerment programs, fertilizer, and other farming inputs, free medicare, and other support initiatives for the poor and vulnerable, among others.
There’s no debate that our people desire change, and the PDP is committed to ushering in a new dawn. We’re making progress in sacking the 23 LG Council chairmen and 255 councillors and restoring democratic governance through the court. We’ll continue to push for what’s right, expose government inadequacies, and offer alternative solutions until we recover our state in 2027, no matter the cost.
I’m confident the PDP will consolidate its gains of 2023, winning the 2027 governorship election and defending the people’s mandate. Never again will the APC steal the people’s mandate, as any attempt to do so would be strongly resisted by our ever conscious members. I’m prepared to lead this revolution with tact, courage, tenacity, and commitment never before seen in the history of opposition politics in the state.
