Convention will determine PDP’s fate, says Dickson
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Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, Wednesday, said the survival of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) would depend largely on the outcome of its forthcoming December 9 convention in Abuja.
Dickson, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Francis Agbo, spoke when a PDP National Chairmanship aspirant, Chief Bode George, visited him in Government House, Yenagoa.
The governor, however, expressed fears that the window of opportunity to reorganize the PDP to enable it confront the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019 was fast closing.
He prayed that, the convention would be used to relaunch the party and regain the trust of Nigerians.
He said: “I have taken certain positions in terms of what is right for the party, in terms of how best to conduct ourselves, and how fast we need to move away from the mindset of the old to new ways of conducting party business and affairs”.
Dickson seized the opportunity to congratulate Chief George on his 72nd birthday and thanked him for offering to serve the party.
He described George as a man with the capacity, experience and other requisite qualities to contest for the PDP National Chairmanship position.
He noted that, the crisis that engulfed the PDP was needless and urged party leaders to be tolerant, patriotic and put aside their personal differences in the overall interest of the party and the country’s democracy.
Dickson further called for understanding among the aspirants and prayed for the conduct of a peaceful, free, and credible convention.
He said if well-conducted the outcome of the convention should be acceptable to all, stressing the need for all to work together to get the processes right.
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