He called on notable PDP leaders in the South-West to be prepared to contest for the National Chairmanship position next year.
In a
statement issued by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and
New Media, Lere Olayinka, on Sunday, the governor said “since the PDP
will pick its presidential candidate from the North in 2019, the
South-West that has not produced the party’s National Chairman should
take the position next year.”
The
governor, who maintained that installing a new chairman from the
North-East for the party at this time was a waste of time, advocated for
the appointment of a caretaker committee to pilot the affairs of the
party at the expiration of the tenure of Chief Uche Secondus as Acting
National Chairman.
“I think
the party needs a caretaker committee by November rather than a
substantive chairman. It will be more desirable that a
Caretaker Committee is put in place by November to pilot the affairs of
the party and organise a National Convention that will usher in a
new National Working Committee early next year.
“What can anyone achieve as National Chairman in less than five months?
“The
time and resources being devoted to securing the party chairmanship
position for just less than five months should rather be devoted to
getting the presidential ticket,” Fayose added.
On why
the South-West must produce the next chairman, the governor said, “Since
the presidential candidate will come from the North, the chairman will
naturally come from the South.
“The South-East already had its tenure as the party chairman and the South-South just left the presidency.
“Therefore,
it is fair for the next National Chairman of the party to come from the
South-West and it is my plea that those who are interested in the
position should start reaching out now.”
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