From Willy Punvwet Awe.
The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,in Nasarawa state, Mr David Ombugadu, says only Nigerians can bail themselves out of the current pains and agony inflicted on them by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC,governnent.
Mr Ombugadu stated this while addressing thousands of party loyalists who converged in Awe, the headquarters of Awe Local Governnent Area of the state on Thursday during a campaign rally.
He noted that Nigerians were not getting the type of governance they yerned for when they voted for APC seven years ago, citing untold hardships, lies and misappropriation of funds as rewards for their votes.
He said the only way out of this current quagmire is the total rejection of all APC candidates in 2024 general elections.
“The ball is in our court, we can make or mare our freedom by ourselves, and I am quite convince that we have learnt our lesson the harder way and we can no longer be fooled anymore,”he said.
Ombugadu also called on Nigerians to compare and contrast the period when PDP was in power and when the present leadership of the APC took over the mantle of leadership of the country,adding that every right thinking person must know that time has come for APC leadership to park their loads and go.
This,he added, became necessary to give way for the PDP to come and commence reconstruction of the “total mess brought about as a result of the APC misruled.”
The PDP Governorship candidate,who was full of praise for PDP supporters in Southern Zone, for turning out in their large numbers to receive the leadership of the party in the zone, described their response as a total indication that APC had been rejected not only in the zone but also the state at large.
“Next year is around the corner, please make sure that you vote for only PDP candidates from the State House of Assembly to the presidential level, which will guarantee the smooth running of the administration”, he further urged the people.
In his remarks, the state Chairman of PDP, Mr Francis Orogu, explained that being fully aware of the damage caused to the state, due to the APC misruled, the party had careful selected people with proven integrity to take over the leadership of the state next year.
“In reconstructing a failed state,you need people that are highly experience to carry out such a difficult task,”he stressed.
Former BOT Chairman of the party, Alhaji Walid Jibril, said in an effort to bring about lasting peace in the party, he had to relinquish his position as the BOT chairman as a way of checking the dominance of the party positions by the Northerners.
Our Correspondent who covered the rally observed that the field of the rally, which was given to the opposition party at the outskirts of the town by the local administration, was filled to capacity against.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
