Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, PDP national chairman
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the main opposition party, will not abandon its zoning tradition ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, National Chairman of PDP, declared this on Thursday, stressing that any presidential aspirant who did not get the ticket of the party should wait until another presidential election in the country.
The PDP Chairman spokek at the inauguration of the 37-person zoning committee of the party at its national secretariat in Abuja.
Said Ayu while addressing the delegates: “PDP has a history of rotating our offices. Anybody who doesn’t get it this time should wait after the tenure of whoever will be our next president.
“We believe PDP is going to produce the next President once we start this journey. This time, we will ensure it goes round. And it will go round with justice, fairness and the interests of Nigeria”.
Ayu called on members of the committee to remain open to dialogue and endeavour to resolve differences amicably, adding that openness led to a successful NEC meeting of the party last week.
Stated he further: “You will recall that in the NEC meeting discussions, we had no rancour whatsoever. I implore all of you to continue in the same spirit. PDP has a reputation for discussing whatever issues that we have. We talk, we don’t fight, we resolve issues.
“There is no issue that is too difficult or too important for the PDP to resolve. That is the spirit of the party. Therefore I urge all of you to discuss this matter with the same spirit that you discussed at NEC. Let us not have any rancour whatsoever and at the end of the day, remain focused on the main goal”.
While speaking on the aim of the party to win the presidential election, Ayu affirmed that PDP would present a presidential candidate Nigerians would be proud of by the end of May 2022.
Remarked he: “I believe that by the time we have the big prize in our hands, we will share it, we will rotate it the way we want”.