PDP Youths calls for a free, fair and transparent party congress in Niger state.
The PDP Youth Frontier has congratulated party faithfuls in Niger state on the recent decision of the National Working Committee of the party to endorse the commencement of congress in Niger state. This timely decision will better the lot of the party in the state considering the fact we have had an APC led administration that has done more harm than good to the people of Niger state. We won’t he mincing words stating that Niger state has become one of the unsafest states in the country under the leadership of Gov Abubakar Sani Bello with banditary and kidnapping being the order of the day.
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The PDP Youths Frontier in a statement signed by Usman Okai Austin call on the party to avoid a situation in which imposition of candidates will be the order of the day. All contestants must be given a level playing field should they refused consensus or affirmation, so as to avoid unnecessary post congress litigations that may affect the fortunes of the party in the state in the run up to the 2023 general election.
The PDP must avoid the murky waters of internal dictatorship.The era of one godfather imposing candidates on the party and in the process destabilising the party must wither away. If the party is ready to take a new leaf, it must ensure that internal democracy is her watchword.
The PDP Youths Frontier therefore call on the party to ensure a seamless, free, credible and transparent congress that will be accepted by all the members of the party in the state.
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Niger state is too important a state for party stakeholders to fold their hands and watch vested interest destroy the party in the state. The state is strategically placed and is a battle ground state that must not be joked with in the context of 2023 general election.
At a time when maladministration has been the order of the day in Niger state, the party must play the opposition role of drawing the attention of the people of Niger state to the catastrophic leadership of the APC in the state and at the national level.
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The PDP Youth Frontier calls on the leaders of the party in the state to shed their swords for the interest of the party and the people of Nigeria state- who have suffered and have had to endure six years of purposeless leadership under the current administration.
Niger state is too strategic a state to be left to its own devices. The interest of the party is above the interest of the actors hell bent on frustrating the growth of the party in Niger state. The youths group promise to be on the ground to monitor the conduct of the congress and our report will be made public for all to see.