The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), according to Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo state, won’t be able to reconstruct Nigeria if it can’t restructure itself.
Makinde stated this after opening the Umuakatawom-Osaa-Okea-Ohuru road in the Obingwa LGA of Abia state on Friday.
In recent months, the main opposition party has been experiencing an internal crisis.
Walid Jibrin, the chairman of the PDP board of trustees (BoT), recently submitted his resignation as part of efforts to end the conflict.
Speaking on the subject, Makinde asserted that the party has a succession plan and that the south is not vying for the job.
“I saw on the internet yesterday; people were saying Seyi Makinde has been appointed as the chairman of the PDP governor forum. It is a lie from the pit of hell,” Makinde said.
“And even if they give it to me, I will not accept because there is order. If the chairman resigns, the deputy chairman will take the position. That is how you have order in a process.
“And that is not what we are fighting for. We are not fighting for the southern part of this country to have the chairmanship of the PDP governors forum. We are saying that if PDP has promised to restructure Nigeria and we cannot restructure PDP, we are not ready to restructure Nigeria. That is the fact.
“There have been issues that are foundational. If you read the proceedings of the constitutional conference that led to Nigeria’s independence you will know that there were issues then and if since 1960, we have not been able to get things right… of course, they may say the unitary command of the military structure affected us.
“But we have been practising democracy since 1999 and if we are not able to take a part that will lead to sustainable development, we should try something else.”
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