SAM ISAIAH: Meanwhile, this is also time for the PDP to up its game and clean itself up. Some of their leaders should stop this nonsense that the APC will not last. Is that a manifesto? They have been saying this since the idea of merger was mooted anyway and the APC has lasted. In spite of the challenges of disparity and essential differences between the merging partners, they have come up with a name – a good one for that matter – agreed on party symbols and slogans, and a good interim executive team to boot. The PDP should stop praying that the APC does not last because that is not the kind of prayer that God answers. They should instead redesign their party to become more people-friendly. Democracy is about competition and that just started. Ladies and gentlemen, the game is on! But it will also be important for the godfathers of the APC to know that the party can lose very easily in 2015. I have a friend who despises the PDP people for all they have done to Nigeria since coming to power in 1999. But he has not shown any excitement since APC was registered last week. When I asked him why, his candid response was that he would reserve his excitement until he sees the APC’s presidential ticket at the due time. The majority of the nation’s critical elite still have this mindset. But, again, if APC leaders who have done so well so far by agreeing on a name, party symbol, slogan, and interim executives are still the same leaders, then it will be reasonable to extrapolate that they will also subsume their personal interests when it comes to the ultimate prize. APC leaders are proudly aware that the Nigerian people have adopted their party as stakeholders and they are enjoying it.leadership.ng/news/050813/game
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 04:44:28 +0000
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