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PDP Convention: Dickson Warns Against Imposition Of Candidates by Codedking: 6:12am On Nov 10, 2017 |
Visit http://codedking.com.ng for more and sweet update John Alechenu and Olusola Fabiyi As the Peoples Democratic Party prepares for its national convention to elect national officers on December 9 in Abuja, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has warned against imposition of candidates on the party. Dickson, in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Francis Agbo, in Abuja on Thursday, said the convention was critical to the survival of the PDP. The statement added that the governor was totally against imposition of candidates for positions at the convention, and called on the PDP leaders and delegates to make sacrifices for the unity of the party. He stressed that in cases where party stakeholders/delegates were unable to reach a consensus on any position, the party should allow all aspirants to test their popularity on the convention ground. The governor noted that it was by creating a level-playing field for all aspirants in a transparent convention that the PDP would become stronger and more cohesive. Dickson, a former chairman of the PDP Reconciliation Committee, warned that the convention should not be conducted in a manner that could plunge the party into a fresh crisis. He appealed to the leaders of the party to avoid the temptation of taking over the place of the convention and the rights of the delegates to choose leaders for the PDP. Dickson said, “The next convention is critical to the survival of the party. My position is that the party should organise an all-inclusive, transparent, acceptable, and credible convention that would rebrand the PDP and show our platform as a truly democratic party. “Therefore, I am against all forms of manipulations, intimidations, blackmail and imposition of candidates. For me, there should be no imposition at all. “I will not be a party to the adoption of anybody for any office unless it is by consensus of the geopolitical zone in which the position has been zoned to. “If there is more than one contestant for a position, they should be given the opportunity to test their popularity at the convention. “A leader, no matter how highly placed, should not take the place of the convention and the power of the delegates to the convention. “Therefore, on the position of chairman and other offices, once there is more than a contestant, the PDP leaders and members should be free to canvass for any candidate of their choice; nobody should quarrel with that.” He said the PDP must understand that Nigerians saw the forthcoming national convention as an opportunity that would usher in what he described as a rebranded and a united PDP, which he said Nigerians would be happy to embrace in 2019. More updates from http://codedking.com.ng love |
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