2015: TIME FOR DELTA NORTH TO PRODUCE GOVERNOR – ADIGWE

Former member of the House of Representatives and Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Pascal Adigwe, has stated that equity, fairness and justice demands that the Northern Senatorial District produces the next governor of Delta State in 2015.

He also expressed optimism that the meeting of the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) slated for January 8 will resolve the crisis rocking the party and ensure that the gale of defections is stopped.

Adigwe who spoke to Saturday Independent on Friday in Abuja, said: “The PDP NEC is made up of outstanding, experienced, loyal, patriotic and distinguished Nigerians whose coming together, I believe, will blow the party well.

On the gale of defections, Adigwe admitted that “there is no doubt that the defections is a reduction of the party’s strength and number as a party, considering the quality of persons that are defecting. Personally, I consider it as a bad omen for the party; I am worried, I am very disturbed about it. You remember the parable of the lost sheep where the shepherded left the 99 and went after one lost sheep; I believe that all efforts should be made to get the defected members back to the party. It also tells the party that all is not well within and that it is high time we reviewed the modus operandi. I see a lot if them retracing their steps and coming back to the party while some conducting the local politics will stick to their guns.

On the clamor by the Delta North to produce the state’s governor in 2015, Adigwe stated that equity and fairness demands that the zone produces the next governor, having supported the other zones in the past.

According to him, “Unfortunately, Nigeria has not got to a level where there is a political think-tank where ideas are churned out, researched and distributed. We have not got to that level, otherwise there won’t be any basis for agitations.

“People like us come from the ideology that recognises fairness, equity and justice; I come from the political ideology that believes that the only way Nigeria can move forward politically, is when we have a free, fair and people-oriented elections.”

Adigwe said: “The other parts of Delta will reciprocate the magnanimity of the Delta North to govern the state as there are very credible people from Delta North that can govern the state. Because all the other zones have produced the governor of the state, if everybody obeys these natural laws of equity and justice, and magnanimity reciprocated, there is nothing stopping the Delta North producing the next governor of Delta State in 2015.

Source: Daily Independent