Wada Dares Jonathan, PDP, Orders Campaigns For 2015

Kogi state governor, Captain Idris Wada, yesterday dared President Goodluck Jonathan and the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) when he ordered the North Central zone to commence political campaigns ahead of the 2015 general elections.   

Addressing the North Central Executive Committee of the party in Abuja, Wada noted that 2015 is just around the corner and people have begun to really talk about the general elections.   

But Jonathan and the Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, have at several fora ordered that no political office holder should talk about the 2015 general elections so as not to be distracted in their duties.   

According to Wada, the PDP in the region lost one of its states (Nasarawa) to the opposition Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 governorship elections because of inadequate preparations. 

He pointed out that the opposition parties have begun to strategize for 2015 with the sole aim to torpedo the ruling party at the polls.   

He said “Opposition wants to destabilize us but the mantle is with us now and we have to work harder.” The governor commended the founding fathers of the PDP for their political foresight just as he declared his support for the party chairman’s programmes.   

“I have continued to support the leadership of PDP in Kogi because without the party we will not be occupying the positions we are occupying today,” he stressed.   

But in a swift reaction, the party’s national leadership overruled the governor and directed its members to disregard Wada’s directives by staying away from politics ahead of the 2015 general elections.   

Contacted for reaction, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh told newsmen that the Kogi governor must have been misquoted as his directive was in direct contradiction to the resolution of party.   

“I believe Kogi governor must have been misquoted because it is clearly against the directives of the President of the country who is the leader of the party; it is clearly against the directives of the National Chairman of the party.   

“The National Executive Committee has taken a decisive direction on this matter. Our decision is that we will focus on achieving results; on performing our duties; on delivering on the mandate, on the promises we made to the electorates and this is the directive that the national chairman has given to all elected and appointed representatives of the party.   

“Kogi is one state that we directed to ensure that the performance of the governor should win us election again. The governor should focus his energy, his attention on ensuring that his people are satisfied with his performance in office. That should be his priority at this point and not 2015.   

“We don’t want any distraction at this point and nobody should deviate from what we are doing. This is not time for politics, this is time for performance”, Metuh warned.

Source: People’s Daily