PDP National Chairmanship aspirant, Uche Secondus, has unveiled plans for how to make those who wear Agbada irrelevant henceforth if elected as the party's chairman.
He stated this while speaking to The Nation in an interview. Asked what his agenda for the PDP and if the party return to power in 2019, he said it is his interest and desire to return the party directly to the grassroots by empowering the states and by also moving to the electoral wards.
He said: ''Part of my agenda is returning the party directly to the grassroots, the people. And how do I want to do this? We will empower the states PDP, through that it will move to the electoral wards and possibly the units. Again, one way to do it, is to put the party in a position, where the people at the grassroots will decide who their representatives will be. Unlike before, where the whole thing was done from Abuja and which ends there, we want to return the party to true democracy. We must allow the people to make their choice and then move the party forward. Now that we are no longer in power, the people should be allowed to make the choice, which is the beautiful thing about democracy. We can no longer stay in Abuja, to do things the way we just feel it should be done.
''The ward system in the party is being eroded, it is the people who wear Agbada that call the shot, whereas the people who suffered and actually vote don’t even come to the light. The most important thing is to win election, those who work to deliver their wards, are no longer in the picture of things. This time around, we are going to have things done differently. The people should be carried along, so that they are part and parcel of the process. There is the need to build confidence in the people at the grassroots, so that they will have that sense of belonging. If that is achieved, the party will be gradually repositioning ahead 2019 and of course this goes along with aggressive massive membership drive. That will build the confidence at the grassroots and allowing them to participate in all the decisions taken. One of the key factors is that, when you do that and a popular person is elected in a constituency, the people will massively support that person. That is because he is the choice of the people and they will be able to defend their votes.
''This is the different thing we are going to do which is different from the old order. We will work with the people, build confidence in them and allowing them to make their choice. This was not there in the last few years when we were in power. I have done a census and by the grace of God, we understand where the problems are and we are prepared to tackle them. We have less than one year to go for the election, it will be the practical thing to start building the confidence almost immediately. When we do that, I can assure that they will see what we are doing in practical terms. The grassroots will be allowed to make their choice and not the big men from Abuja making the choice, it will not happen. We will totally abolish that and allow the will of the people to prevail.''
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