A one-time Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant for the the national chairmanship position, Chief Chyna Iwuanyanwu has explained that the North will vote out the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its present political office holders.
Chief Chyna Iwuanyanwu
He said that the PDP will win back all the elective positions by restoring the principle of zoning it failed to adhere to in the previous 2 general elections.
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He buttressed this when he said: “Most of the Northern elites who are elite, who belong to the aristocratic class, they are scared about the despotism that is going on now, but they just wanted power to come to the north. Power has come to the North but this isn’t the power they are looking for!”
President Muhammadu Buhari who believes he will provide Nigeria with good leadership in an interview with the BBC said Nigeria is a rich country and has no business being poor. He however observed that the challenges the country had been facing was that of leadership which will be addressed by him.
Chief Iwuanyanwu who had his take on the recent the $2.1billion Dasuki arms scandal stated that:
“Well, you know that this government came to power under the mantra of change and anti-corruption. So, they were just playing to the emotions of the country, just playing to the gallery. The moment you tell a poor man that you are going to bring a big man down, he is very happy and expectant. So, it is natural, pulling down syndrome is what they are catching on, they know the mood of the nation.
“Because as far as I am concerned, yes the PDP has clearly stated its position, we are totally for the anti-corruption drive of the government, but it mustn’t be politicized, it mustn’t be vindictive, it mustn’t be selective. It must be holistic and the first question I am asking is, when did it start? Did corruption start with Jonathan, or did it start even with PDP in 1999? What about the whole lot of things that were done under military regimes. So, the question is, where do we begin, and why do you begin, where you are beginning? That’s number one.’’
The PDP stalwart also bared his mind on the reasons that made his party lose the central government to the APC.
He said his party went against the zoning principle. He said in this wise, come 2019, his party will regain his lost mandate by fielding a Northerner who will win the presidential election.
He said:
“One major thing that happened was when we tried to subvert the zoning system which was a cardinal policy on which the party was founded, so that everybody has hope that one day, it will be our turn. They scuttled it. Some of us spoke out. So, what we should do now is to completely dismantle the party leadership, at all levels because they have failed. It is a part of honour and dignity for them to quit.
“I have nothing personal against anybody but if you go to a battle and you lose, you quit and you give others opportunity to serve. It means there was something you didn’t do right. You go, as a mark of honour and integrity. The party has failed, we need a complete clean. A change of the leadership at all levels and reconnection back to the vision of the founding fathers of the party; zoning, transparency, competitiveness, not imposition and impunity. Jonathan was imposed, they even said they printed one form and no other person would run for the election. Even if they were in support of Jonathan they should have given other people a chance.
“So, we ended up excluding a huge chunk of Nigerians, because that situation was antithetical to democracy. So, PDP should change its leadership and go back to the founding vision. I think PDP is still the strongest and largest in Nigeria. In fact, APC isn’t a party but so many parties fused into one and that’s why they are having so many internal crises.
“We need a united party to have a united Nigeria and APC isn’t a united party. If the PDP can put its acts together, using the next convention and primaries and evolve a leadership that is chosen by the people, I can tell you that we would bounce back as quickly as possible. God is using the present situation to teach all of us a lesson, including the APC itself.
“Yes, lessons were learnt. It was the first intellectual exercise after the election. Papers were presented, people who were schemed out came to the centre to now say what they want. So, the brainstorming was very necessary.
“It was a very successful outing and the document that came out of it is what is now being used for the engineering of the party. For instance, we have gone back to zoning. Secondly, no more impunity and imposition— on paper! We have said all these things, it is now for the people, the owners of the party to take advantage of the result of that conference to take back the party and let power belongs to the people, let them choose their leaders and choose their candidates. If the people are allowed to choose their leaders and candidates, PDP will come back in 2019.
“But there is this sense of aloofness towards the PDP from the North, arising from its denial of the 2011 and 2015 presidential tickets.
“We don’t lobby the North, we only need to correct what is wrong! Why did they leave? There was a deliberate policy of exclusion and imposition and they have shown their anger. PDP made APC to win the election, without the angry members of PDP, the New PDP that went into that place, APC wouldn’t have won the election.
“So, if we are able to correct our mistakes, I am sure we will get some of them back, if we don’t get all. And if we get some of them back and zone the presidency to where it should have been since 2011, am telling you, and get a right candidate, it is possible.”
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