PDP is still lost in depression - Orubebe
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A Former minister of Niger Delta Affairs and party chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Godsday Orubebe, said the party has crossed from being a political party of pride to that of shame and is still lost in depression after its loss in 2015.
In an open letter to the party’s National Chairman, Uche Secondus, yesterday, Orubebe said the PDP is suffering from a post-traumatic stress disorder and would need sustainable ideas to bounce back to reckoning.
“We have gone from a party of pride to a party of shame and gradually receding into the abyss of political reality. For the simple reason that the nation is witnessing calls for the rise of a ‘Third Force,’ we are fast becoming a shadow of ourselves.
“The party is gradually coming under the control of certain individuals who are exhibiting dangerous levels of undemocratic behaviours. One of the biggest challenges that the PDP faces is balancing its needs for funding with established egalitarian values and internal systems.
“If the party continues to be held hostage by few major donors, it will continue to find it difficult to instill the values that will endear us Nigerians.
“We must take our appeal to Nigerians and through our reforms, let the party truly become a people-funded party. Small donations from millions of Nigerians will go a long way in the party’s financial requirements and will create the necessary atmosphere for true ownership among members of the party.”
He added that the necessary reforms should be put in place before “it is too late.”
Orubebe caused a stir when he attempted to disrupt collation of results of the 2015 presidential election at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.
He had accused Prof. Attahiru Jega, then chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, of bias against the PDP.
But, the party’s leadership chose to remain silent over Orubebe’s open letter.
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