PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY SQUANDERED $500 BILLION OIL EARNINGS IN 16 YEARS, SAYS BUHARI
The President also used the occasion to charge his party members to prepare for congress at wards, local governments, states and federal level, now that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has come out with the timetable for elections in 2019.
“We should strictly follow the constitution of the party in undertaking these party elections. We should ensure internal democracy and avoid short cuts and illegal manoeuvres which have characterised the opposition party with the consequences that they are now divided;, he said.
Buhari added, “The APC has a history of conducting free and fair primaries whenever consensus about any candidacy is not reached. Regardless of the outcomes of the primary processes, it is imperative that we all work together to ensure the victory of our party,”
He equally thanked the party leaders and members for the successes recorded in the 2015 elections by securing majority of the state governors, majority in the National Assembly and majority in the state assemblies.
“We must remember that this resounding success would not have been achieved without the unity of purpose we exhibited in challenging and defeating an incumbent government. Those outstanding successes would not have been possible without your hard work, dedication, and above all, sacrifice’
‘I wish to individually and collectively thank you all sincerely for believing in me and remaining steadfast party members despite distractions and antics of the opposition. This unity and success are needed now more than ever, because elections are now looming,” he said.
Penpushing, however, recalled that, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led Nigeria from 1999 to 2015 when it lost the presidential election to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
